On Friday we had our second visiting photographer speak with fourth grade about his work. Daniel Hayduk is a freelance photographer who works in Dar for a range of clients, but largely as a photojournalist and on assignment for NGOs and other organizations.
Dan spoke with us about his process, how he has to consider what his photographs will be used for, and what the intended message of the photos will be, before he makes them.
This caused us to reflect on how we rarely consider an intended message for our photos before we make them, so… Monday morning we gave it a try.
First thing we reflected on Dan’s message, then we shared this short assignment/presentation:
Next, students in small groups planned the images they would make to communicate what the concepts of Challenge, Support and Inspire could look like at IST. Then they were off. Within a half hours students began returning to edit their images, using elements of composition to strengthen their messages.
We added the finished images to this slideshow, then looked at each others work, adding comments to try to deduce which concept each image was intended to communicate. See if you can guess yourself!
This looks like a great program. We look forward to seeing more. Emmet, sounds like you have a wonderful school.