[Leica] Assignments

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George wrote:
BD,
Do you have a list of assignments that your students do, of which
"spaceship" was one? I'd be curious to see how you frame the
assignment to them...also, that lady's shot was terrific...truly cool
just the way it is... George
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In terms of photo assignments, they submit a PAW each week, and are
told it should be either a picture that tells a story, or a classic
'street photo -'  (and I am NOT going to go there. :-) )

They shoot a framing assignment, which involves shooting a roll of
film - or the digital equivalent, of another person, with a single
lens - or focal length on a zoom - and neither they nor the subject
can move their feet once the session begins. The point is to figure
out how to get the most out of the frame.

They shoot the Space Ship, which is an assignment created by long-time
Magnum member Charles Harbut - They're told to imagin that they are
leaving on a space ship, never to return to earth. They will have no
decorations, no mirrors; they will take nothing from earth with them -
except 10 photos that they must take over a 24 hour period. What
matters is the content of the photos, not their artistic merrit.

And they shoot a documentary project - for which they also have to
write 1500-2000 words of text.

In addition, they have a number of 750-800 word writing assignments
related to the readings they do and the photos the look at.

And that's about it.