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Fortismere Photography Department

GCSE Photography Assessment Sheet

STUDENT: TEA"#E$%S&: T(T,E: Beatrice Piesold 'r #olden "o)rse*or+ DATE: UN(T: 6/0 / ! "o)rse*or+

Target grade .A/

AB

Comments & Targets The pictures that you have taken in this task do show a sense of discovery; however they dont really tell me an awful lot about the place that you visited ! would have liked to have a lot more sustained investigation of your chosen sub"ect

#n interesting set of e$hibitions ! especially like the second one at the %ayward ! have not seen her work before find it e$tremely interesting The analysis is good especially on the &lumenfield portrait 'our links to feminism are interesting but make sure to read back over your work when you have finished avoiding any grammatical errors (verall a good piece of work that shows visual and conte$tual understanding of your own work and that of the photographers that you have chosen to look at !n future make sure to demonstrate sustained investigation around a particular sub"ect matter )orces Strand * + )orce of nature , -T+. (nteresting )se *or+ yo) ha0e clearly en1oyed ta+ing these photographs2 3o)r )se o4 Photoshop is good and ( li+e the *ay that yo) sho* yo)r print screens2 #o*e0er yo) m)st ma+e s)re to annotate yo)r o*n *or+ 4)lly e5plaining *hat it is yo) are setting o)t to do and i4 yo) 4eel yo) ha0e 6een s)ccess4)l2 3o) ha0e a lot o4 images that are di44ic)lt to read as a *hole ( thin+ yo)r *or+ *o)ld 6ene4it 4rom )sing contact sheets2 3o) m)st also add a rele0ant Artist to yo)r *or+ and ma+e s)re yo)r analysis is in7depth )sing a analysing photograph sheet2 Strand / + #pplied )orce , -T. Again some interesting images 6)t ( thin+ yo) *o)ld 6ene4it 4rom creating contact sheets and p)tting more annotation in to yo)r o*n *or+2 $emem6er the e5aminer *ill not get the chance to spea+ to yo) so all *or+ m)st 6e sel47e5planatory2 Also *hy ha0e yo) not p)t any enlargements on yo)r site yet8 Strand 0 + )orce of transformation , -T+. 3o) need to ma+e s)re that yo) sho* detailed analysis o4 his *or+2 Also again there is not eno)gh *or+2 3o) need to clearly sho* that yo) ha0e de0eloped the ideas in 4)ll2 GE11E2#3 C(44E1TS Some interesting *or+ 6)t yo) m)st ma+e s)re to e5plain all yo)r ideas in 4)ll2 3o) sho)ld also ha0e in7depth photography st)dies to 6ac+ )p all o4 yo)r *or+2 ( thin+ yo) need to contin)e *ith the idea o4 nat)re reclaiming the man7made en0ironment 6)t ( thin+ yo) need to get closer to the s)61ect matter 4oc)ssing in on te5t)re and corrosion (t is +ey that yo) no* 4ill in the gaps in yo)r pro1ect and de0elop yo)r ideas 4)rther2 'ore conte5t)al de0elopment is needed add more artist *ith 4)ll analysis "ontin)e *ith the theme o4 nat)re 0s man made and try and 0ary yo)r angles and 4raming2 E5periment *ith close )p shots that demonstrate the real str)ggle 6et*een nat)re and the man made o61ects2 3o) are loo+ing to highlight the sense o4 decay2 "ontin)e to photograph di44erent locations that represent the str)ggle2 E5periment 6)rying yo)r 6est images in the style o4 Stephen /ill in his 6)ried series ma+e s)re that the earth has eno)gh impact on the image2 'o0ement 'ore conte5t)al de0elopment is needed add more artist *ith 4)ll analysis ,andscape 'ore conte5t)al de0elopment is needed add more artist *ith 4)ll analysis

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"lose)p a6straction De0elop the 4inal piece 4)rther 6y ta+ing the images and trans4erring them onto s)r4ace areas that represent the image see .illiam ac+royde *illo)gh6y 4or inspiration http://*illiamac+roydphotography2*ee6ly2com/practical7response2html