Week Two

Assignment:

For Visual Communications, we were asked to collect twenty five Lincoln Era photographs and twenty five photographs from our own era(ones that we have taken).

Craft:

For the Lincoln Era photos, I did a search on Google high resolution images. I also visited various government websites dedicated to Lincoln. For the photos taken in the present era, I whipped out my Olympus digital camera and started snapping images that would fit perfectly for the piece I wish to create.

Composition:

I chose this Lincoln Era image as one of my favorites because it looks as though he just woke up. It is a reminder that even icons are still human.

The image above is one I took at the VFW. It's still raw and unedited but it is one of my favorites. It reminds me of how far we have gone as a nation, a large part in thanks to the work Lincoln did.

Concept:

My concept for this assignment is going to be different than my classmates. I am still doing a collage just not a Photoshop one. What I want to do is to find and incorporate the images I have found and taken into a Lincoln style hat. The inside of the hat will consist of images of the Lincoln era. This is to show how the Lincoln the man has been over shadowed by Lincoln the myth. The outside will show the images I have taken now. The outside images will show how far we have come as a nation, and how far we still need to go. We'll see how this goes. I have found it incredibly difficult to find a hat, so I may have to make one.

If I am unable to do my original plan I will probibly mix these two. Just because I will find it hilarious to see a pissed-off looking Lincoln riding a tank.