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Assignment:
National Portrait Gallery
http://www.npg.si.edu/
Eighth and F Streets, NW, D.C., 20001
above the Gallery Place-Chinatown
Metrorail station
(Red, Yellow and Green lines).
Directions: http://www.npg.si.edu/inform/visitor.htm
“Twentieth Century Americans,” Four galleries opening onto the museum's magnificent third-floor Great Hall showcase the major cultural, scientific and political figures of the 20th century. http://www.npg.si.edu/collection/permanent.html
OR any other exhibit with photographs of people in the museum
Assignment:
Write a one to two page typewritten paper
1 How will viewing this exhibition effect the way you take photographs
in the future?
2 Which are your favorite 3 photographers from the exhibit?
3 Explain why you chose each of the 3 photographers
4 What was your favorite photograph
you chose?
5 For each of your three favorite photographs describe:
..... Composition
........... detail, face or full view
..... Costume or clothing
..... Prop
..... Setting
..... Gesture-describe
the pose
..... Source of lighting
..... Camera angle
Extra credit if you attend more than one photography exhibit and
answer above questions. recommended venues for photography exhibits:
National Geographic Museum, Library of Congress Galleries, Corcoran Gallery of Art, National Art Gallery, National Archives Galleries...
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