Everyday Assignment Plan

I will take August Sander for my inspiration for my upcoming photos. I will document people that are in my everyday life: my friends. Instead of taking photographs of people in their profession like Sander did, I will take photographs of my friends in the moment, without posing like they were for a family photo, doing what they want and what they like. I will try to show the normality of being around friends everyday, my intent to show that we can take their presence for granted and when we aren't around them, we can get very bored and lonesome.

Unlike, Sander, who took photos in monochrome black and white as colour photography was not prominent, I will take digital photos in colour with my Canon EOS 1000D on auto settings and manual settings. I will take these photos in environments that I am often in such as the common room with my friends.

I will know if I am successful if I feel my photographs have portrayed this sense of documentation of my friends in my modern interpretation.

August Sander (1876-1964)

(bb. November 17, 1876, Herdorf,
near Cologne, Germany—
d. April 20, 1964, Cologne)

Sander was born in Herdorf, near Cologne, Germany, the son of a mining carpenter. He received a 13 x 18 cm camera from an uncle in 1892, built a darkroom, and began to photograph in his spare time. After military service, he toured Germany as a commercial photographer specializing in architectural and industrial photos.

Sander was awarded a gold medal and Cross of Honor at the Paris Exposition of 1904, the first of hundreds of such awards he would receive in his career. He began at this time to experiment with color photography and his work in this field was soon acquired by the Leipzig Museum. In 1906 Sander's first one-man exhibition, of 100 prints, was held at the Landhaus Pavilon in Linz.

After selling his studio in Linz, Sander moved his family to Trier and then to Lindenthall, a suburb of Cologne. While photographing peasants in nearby Westerwald, Sander originated his life-project, "People in the Twentieth Century." His intention was to document the entire German people. While pursuing this work, he continued to photograph industrial and architectural subjects to make his living.

Sander served in the German Army during World War I but continued to photograph. He began teaching apprentices and other students in 1919.

Sander’s inclusion of types not considered Aryan by German authorities brought him into conflict with the Nazi regime.

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Sander's intent in this photo, like his other photos was to document "People in the Twentieth Century", the German people.

Everyday Assignment

My everyday assignment will be to take many photos of people such as my friends, family and possibly strangers. I will use August Sander as inspiration for my photos that I will take. For example, I will take portrait like photos of people posed in their everyday environment like people working or family at home.

Everyday Photos Homework: Friday, 10/12/2010

My Brainstorm of what 'EVERYDAY' means

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