Assignment 1 Winter 2015

Visual Journal

 due Friday January 9, 2015

Malick Sidibe: Portrait of the  Artist as a Portraitist                                                        

               (TR140.S5364M35 2006) - [DVD] 8:00      

1.  Find info about Malick Sidibe on the World Wide Web, such as the article in Wikipedia and copies of his photographs through Google or Youtube.

2.  How does Sidibé imply motion or movement in his portraits?

3.  What does Sidibé say about the impetus to take photos in regard to still photography

          and the passage of time?

4.  Find one photograph by Sidibé to discuss.  Write a paragraph or so about the photograph. 

5.

Shaikh, Azizur R. "Will Anyone Heed an Indian Fatwa Against Photography?" The Christian Science MonitorSep 15 2013.ProQuest. Web. 21 Sep. 2014 .

According to this article what is the prohibition that has existed within some Muslim traditions towards figurative art and/or photography?

6.  What do you think is real about photography?