Contemporary Art

Invisible Walls & Borders

posted on Mar 4, 2021

In October of 2019, I asked my ninth-grade photography students to take photographs in the studio of everyday objects that conceal and separate them from other people and their community at large; e.g., designer handbags, clothing, religious icons, jewelry, hand sanitizer, cosmetics, and music. This introduced them to studio lighting, signs, and symbols, and how they contribute to meaning in photographic images.

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