Post

What is a "post?" (Look up the multiple definitions).

What does it mean "to post?"

What was your first job?

Do you have a job now? What is it?

How did/does it require you to interact with people? How did people respond to you?

What did/do you wear for your job?

Do you like your job? Why or why not?

What do you like best about your job? Least?

How has having a job affected your ideas about money?

How has having a job affected your ideas about time?

How has having a job affected your ideas about your physical and mental states?

What do your parent(s)/guardians do? What are your feelings and observations about their employment? (optional) Would you be willing to do the work that they do?

Have you every known an unemployed person? What do you know of their feelings/experience?

What job do you hope to have in the future?

What limitations do you think you might have, if any, to getting this job?

Would you prefer to work alone or with people?

What is the worst job you can think of?

What is the best job you can think of?

If you could have any person’s job in the world, whose would it be?

What is the difference between a job and a vocation?

What are the most important attributes of a “good” job?

Do you think a job must be high paying in order to be considered “good”?

Do you think a job should always be fun?

Would you be willing to work for free? Why or why not?

Imagine yourself in the future, working the job you hope/expect to have. If you won the lottery, would you keep your job? Why or why not?

Do you post on social media? Where and why?

What sorts of things do you post?

Do you feel you are fully and accurately represented by your posts on social media?

Do you feel others are fully and accurately represented by their posts on social media?

Would you mind if your grandma read all of your social media posts?

Complete this sentence. Posting on social media makes me feel…..

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Complete this sentence. Reading posts on social media makes me feel….

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-Brainstorm materials/objects/imagery that pertain to the theme of this project. Determine a topic upon which you’d like to focus. In choosing your topic, remember to challenge yourself; find a subject that is new to you.

-Collect/generate at least 8-10 objects or images. You must take your own pictures if using source imagery (though you may borrow in part if it’s necessary for your concept. (See me in that case.)

-Create 8+ thumbnails to arrive at the strongest possible concept and composition. (Each thumbnail should be no smaller than a baseball card.) Consider the full picture plane, including your background.

-Choose the surface, dimensions and material for your project.

Other References:

Working, by Studs Terkel

Gig, ed. By John and Marisa Bowe

Milton Rogovin, Working People series

MILTON ROGOVIN, FAMILY OF MINERS SERIES: BLACK WOMAN WITH YARN AT MACHINE IN FACTORY, WHITE EAR PROTECTION, 1984-1989. MILTON ROGOVIN: SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHS