Digital Photo Assignments

Assignment 36Prohibitions

Contributed by Dr. Shaun Huston Western Oregon University

“Photographs open doors into the past, but they also allow a look into the future.”

—Sally Mann

Look around. You are surrounded on all sides by prohibitions: Don’t walk; don’t run; no smoking; do not enter; twenty-one years or older; no shoes, no shirt, no service; wrong way; use other entrance; stop; no outside food or drink; no overnight camping; do not walk on the grass; do not leave your car unattended.

For this video project, you are to create a one- to two-minute video that illustrates not the words but the meaning of the prohibitions. You may select one theme, or multiple themes.

To be successful you should spend time reflecting on the purpose of the ...