Assignment 23360-Degree Light

“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever. . . It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.”

—Aaron Siskind

Purpose: To Become Aware of Light, Based on the Movement of the Sun.

For this assignment, you need to identify a subject that doesn’t move and you can walk completely around at any time of the day. It must also be in an open area where it is exposed to the sun all day long.

Anything come to mind? How about the statue of Dr. Ugodda B. Kidden, founder of your alma mater?

  1. Arrive as soon as you can after sunrise and photograph Dr. U.B. Kidden’s statue with the sunlight shining on it.
  2. Move your vantage point so that the rising ...

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