Photo Journal Assignment #2

Title: V-J Day in Times Square, V-Jay, The Kiss Photographer: Alfred Eisenstaedt

Photo Journal Assignment #2

Answer the following questions: 1. Research this photograph. Explain in a full paragraph why it is significant. DO NOT use Wikipedia. 2. How has the photographer used Elements & Principles of Design and Composition to convey a story? Relate it to the actual story you found out about in Q1. 3. Take a photo that would best represent the word Affection for you. Affection (definition): fond attachment, devotion, or love: the affection of a parent for an only child. Affections: emotion; feeling; sentiment: over and above our reason and affections. The emotional realm of love: a place in his affections.
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Please do NOT make this cheesy: cheesy; informal:cheap, unpleasant, or blatantly inauthentic.

Evaluation Context

Not yet meeting expectation Does not convey a story or personal response through images

Minimally meeting expectations Minimally conveys a story or personal response through images

Meeting expectations Conveys a story or personal response through images

Exceeding expectation Conveys a unique and complex story or personal response through images through writing/responses E&P are strongly represented in visually pleasing way. Images are unique. Rules of composition are followed ` Use of composition to create interesting/unique visual effects in the image

Elements & Principles of Design

through writing/responses Does not include E&P in images

through writing/responses E&P is visible but are not a strongly represented in images Rules of composition are sometimes followed. Some images have a busy/irrelevant background, unfocused, centered focal point

through writing/responses E&P are strongly represented in images in a visually pleasing way. Rules of composition are followed

Rules of Composition

Rules of composition are not followed

Busy/irrelevant background, unfocused, centered focal point)

Images are focused, background is relevant, focal point placed in an interesting way