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Quick questions on Photographers and influences - SQA Higher Photography analysis and evaluation
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What are explaining external influences?Show answer
External influences are the forces outside the photographer that shape their work. Social and cultural influences are the values, concerns and norms of the society they belong to, which shape their subjects and how they represent people and places. Historical influences are the events and conditions of their time - war, depression, social change, migration - which photographers, especially documentary photographers, respond to. Technological influences are the equipment and processes available, from the portable cameras that enabled candid street photography to digital capture, smartphones and modern editing.
What is using understanding to inform your own work?Show answer
The purpose of this investigation is to feed your own photography. Having studied how and why a photographer works, you can make purposeful choices of your own: adopting an approach to light or composition, reacting against a style, or combining influences from several photographers into something personal. In the project, investigating relevant photographers during planning gives you models and ideas to respond to as you develop your creative response. The course is explicit that you should use this understanding when developing your personal approaches, so the investigation should always connect to your own decisions.
What is q1?Show answer
Name three kinds of external influence that can shape a photographer's work. [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
What is the difference between investigating a photographer's work and their practice? [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Why does the course ask you to investigate photographers? [2 marks]
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