C O N C E N T R A T I O N
A concentration is defined as “a body of work unified by an underlying idea that has visual coherence.” In scoring concentrations, there are four major areas of concern.
- Coherence and/or development. Is the work presented actually a concentration?
- Quality of the concept/idea represented, Is there evidence of thinking and of focus?
- Degree of development and investigation that is evident in the work. Is there evidence of growth and discovery in the work?
- Quality of the work in both concept and process.
2-D Design concentration samples with scoring
Drawing Concentration samples with scoring
Moving Beyond simply photos in 2-D design:
Great Link to take your Photographs a Step Farther
Great Link to take your Photographs a Step Farther
Concentration Ideas:
Remember that your concentration should have an underlying big idea/concept such as:
Place, Identity, Spirituality, Consumption, Stories, Loss, Desire, Humor, Nostalgia, Time, Memory, Power, Play, Structures, Romance, Protest, Paradox, Ecology, Compassion, Fantasy, Systems, Transformation, Balance, Boundaries, Change, History, Investigation, Fiction, Legacy, Secrets, Disguise, Illusion Inspired by art 21.org
Technical Concerns
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Choose any assignment from year one or two and extend it into a wider study/series: (portraits, self-portraits, landscapes, architecture...) Investigation into elements and principles...pattern, rhythm, space, balance, texture... A day in the life of....(your family, your grandmother, working at...) Man's Impact on Nature and vice versa Ecophotography/Conservation Abstraction Magnification Still Life Everyday Objects Decay Cyanoytpes Childhood memories Dreams and Nightmares Fairy Tales Fashion Shoot Illustration of story, poetry Image plus text Stitching, collaging, cutting up and rearranging photos Diptychs/Tripychs Document an Event Document a Place: Interesting Places to Photograph: Cemetery ButtonWood Park Zoo Colt State Park Dighton Rock State Park Power plant Downtown Providence Downtown New Bedford Mystic Seaport Seekonk Speedway Circus Traveling carnival Baseball game – Pawsox, Redsox Ice Hockey games Parade Sculpture Park Playground Waterfront Bridge Carousel- Fall River Heritage State Park Fishing pier Putt putt golf Gooseberry Island Beaches Cathedrals, old churches Revival Powwow Newport Fishing trip (on boat) |
Shadows buttons Interiors
Animal exteriors utensils
Landscapes tools narrative
Journey travel clothing
Fantasy clouds sky
Architecture night chairs
Weather insects dream
Reflection school body parts
Work play food
Music instruments transportation
Water machine sound
Nature texture garage sale
Attic drapery openings
Basement store amusement park
Wind windows cemetary
Time life and death pain
Sports zoo objects
Kitchen connections bathroom
Family friends fragments
The future fruits vegetables
Toys past childhood
Trash zippers city
Animal exteriors utensils
Landscapes tools narrative
Journey travel clothing
Fantasy clouds sky
Architecture night chairs
Weather insects dream
Reflection school body parts
Work play food
Music instruments transportation
Water machine sound
Nature texture garage sale
Attic drapery openings
Basement store amusement park
Wind windows cemetary
Time life and death pain
Sports zoo objects
Kitchen connections bathroom
Family friends fragments
The future fruits vegetables
Toys past childhood
Trash zippers city
Another Crazy list of ideas: from https://photographyicon.com/photography-themes/
- Abandoned Buildings
- Abstracts
- Amphibian
- Anger
- Arches
- Architecture
- Autumn
- Back Alleys
- Bad Weather
- Bald Heads
- Balloons
- Bare Feet
- Bark
- Barns
- Bees
- Bicycle Parts
- Bikes
- Birds
- Black and White
- Blimps
- Blue
- Bolts
- Bones
- Books
- Bottles
- Bridge
- Bridges
- Broken Glass
- Bronze
- Brown
- Bump
- Butterflies
- Butterflies / Bees
- Campsites
- Car Details
- Catching People Unaware
- Cats
- Celebrations
- Choice
- Church Windows
- Churches
- Circles
- City Hall
- City Skylines
- City Street Scenes
- Close-up
- Clouds
- Cold
- Colours
- Columns
- Computers
- Contrasts
- Covered Bridges
- Critters
- Culture
- Curves
- Custom Cars
- Dancers
- Decorations
- Demonic
- Demonstrations
- Devilish
- Digital
- Disappearing Professions
- Disappearing Technologies
- Dishes
- Documentary
- Dogs
- Dominating
- Doom and gloom
- Door Knobs
- Doors
- Dots / Dashes / Diagonals
- Drawers
- Duplicates
- Easter
- Eggs
- Elation
- Embrace
- Emergency Situations
- Enthusiasm / eager
- Environmental Trash
- Events
- Eye Glasses
- Eyes
- Farm Animals
- Feathers
- Feet
- Feisty
- Feline
- Femininity
- Fences
- Fetes & Festivals
- Fetish
- Fire
- Fire Engines
- Fireworks / Fire
- Fish
- Flags
- Flower Petals
- Flowers
- Food
- Forks
- Forms in Nature
- Fountains
- Framed
- Freeways
- Frozen
- Fruit
- Games
- Gardens
- Gates
- Gears
- Geriatric (older folks)
- Glamour
- Glass
- Gold
- Graceful
- Graffiti
- Green
- H Hands
- Halloween
- Hallways
- Handles
- Hands
- Happiness
- Harbours
- Harvest
- Hats
- Hidden
- History
- Holiday
- Horizon
- Horses
- Hot Rod Cars
- Hunger
- Ice
- Inclines
- Indian Ruins
- Indigenous Things Or People
- Industrial
- Insects
- Inspiration
- Iridescent
- Iron
- Isolated Objects
- Jails
- Jets
- Jewelry
- Jobs
- Joints
- Journalistic
- Joy
- Jugs
- Junk Yards
- Keys
- Kids
- Kin or Families
- Kite
- Kites
- Knives
- Landscapes
- Lazy
- Learning
- Leaves
- Legs
- Letters
- Light
- Lightning
- Lights
- Locks
- Machine Parts
- Macro
- Marine life
- Masculinity
- Masks
- Mass flowers
- Mirrors
- Money
- Monuments
- Mood
- Movie Theater Marquees
- Muse
- Mushrooms
- Neon Signs
- Night
- Night lights
- Nighttime
- Nonsense
- Noodles
- Numbers
- Nut
- Nuts
- Objects
- Odd Couples
- Old Everything
- Olympic
- Opposites
- Opulent
- Orange
- Pairs
- Paper Abstracts
- Parallel Lines
- Patterns
- Peacocks
- Peeling Paint
- People
- People At Work
- People Walking Dogs
- Peppers
- Perspective
- Pets
- Pictures in Pictures
- Piles of Things
- Pink / Purple
- Polished
- Porches
- Quad
- Quarters
- Queens
- Railroad Cars
- Railroad Tracks
- Raindrops
- Rainbows
- Red
- Red Barns
- Reenactments
- Reflection
- Reflections in Glass
- Reflections in Water
- Religious
- Roads-capes
- Rocks
- Round Things
- Rows of Things
- Rust
- Rustic
- Sand dunes
- Sand Patterns
- Sea Shells
- Seascapes
- Seasons
- Self
- Shadows
- Shoes
- Signs
- Silhouettes
- Skulls
- Sky
- Sleeping Animals
- Sleeping People
- Small Furry Animals
- Smiles
- Smoke Stacks
- Snow
- Soft Curves
- Sorrow
- Spanish Moss
- Speed
- Spoons
- Sports
- Spring
- Squirrel
- Stacks
- Stairs
- Statues
- Steam Railroads
- Still life
- Strange Signs
- String Instruments
- Structures
- Summer
- Sunrise
- Sunset
- Superstitions
- Sweets
- Swings
- Tattoos
- Teddy Bear / toy
- Textures
- The Local School
- The spot (X marks it, you know)
- Toads
- Tombstones
- Tools
- Tools of the Trade
- Transport
- Tree Knots
- Trees
- Ugly Everything
- Umbrella
- Umbrellas
- Ungulates (hoofed animals, pigs, goats, deer horses)
- Uniforms
- Urban
- Utensils
- Vacation
- Valves
- Vegetables
- Vices or Habits
- Views
- Vignettes
- Vines
- Visitors
- Watches
- Water
- Waterfalls
- Weather
- Weathered Wood
- Wet
- Wheels
- White
- Wide Angle Everything
- Wildlife
- Windows
- Winter
- Woods
- Xenon
- Xenophobia
- Xylophones
- Yachts
- Yellow
- Yo-yos
- Zebras
- Zig Zags
- Zipper
- Zombies!
- Zoos