Juxtaposition Diptych and Triptychs

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is a diptych?

Conceptual photography is all about ideas, symbols, and themes. It’s the perfect way to express yourself and make the most of your creative freedom.

Diptych - Definition:

a 2-leaved hinged tablet folding together to protect writing on its waxed surfaces

a picture or series of pictures painted or carved on two hinged tablets

a work made up of two matching parts

Diptychs and triptychs are a brilliant tool for photographic storytelling. They present two or three images which can be from the same session or they can be polar opposites to show opposition or contrasting ideas. A diptych makes an artistic statement or comparison. The photographs can be identical or they can be different; there are no hard and fast rules – they simply have to be next to each other. They do not even have to be joined together and can be separated by a border.

1. {Zoom} This beautiful diptych uses zoom to focus on the two main elements of the image and cuts out the space in between.

2. {Tell a story} Or a joke for that matter! This clever diptych from Kimberly Chorney was created to illustrate her son’s joke: What do snowmen eat for breakfast? Frosted flakes!

3. {Lapse} Illustrate a lapse in time or activity. Morning vs. night, old vs. new, dirty vs. clean.

4. {Succession} This triptych is three frames in succession to show you more than just one nanosecond in time. I find this style very effective for shots of children who move so quickly and change their expressions continuously.

5. {Oops} experiment with the mistakes. When first going through the images caught in this session with my kids, I could have easily discarded the out of focus shot on the left. But paired with the in-focus on the right, it just seems ‘right’ somehow. Experiment and withhold the urge to hit ‘delete’. You might find the mistakes are actually keepers when paired in a diptych.

Ideas

• Opposites

• Tell a story

• Combine wide angle and telephoto shots

• Conceptual (staged to represent an idea)

Think about your final aspect ratio, decide if you want a border in between your images or for them to be flush together,

Pt 1- Submit your ideas for as a google doc

FINAL - 3 Diptych or Triptychs on combination of the two consisting of a total of 6 to 9 photos

• 8/22

  • Submission Link Pt1 (Ideas) 

• 9/29

  • Creating a Diptych/Triptych

  • Submission Link Pt2 (Final) 

You will be graded on the following:

• Correct Naming Convention: LastName_FirstName_ProjectName-##.jpeg

• There will be 2 Grades per Assignment

  1. Turning in 14 images on the assigned due date

  2. Turning in a contact sheet on the assigned due date, minimum of 100 images on the contact sheet

• Correctly capturing the assignment specifications

• Creating unique compositions with interesting subject matter

• Quality of retouching

• Use of the Elements of Art: Color, Form, Line, Shape, Space, Texture, Value

• Use of the Principles of Design: Balance, Contrast, Emphasis, Movement (Rhythm), Perspective, Repetition (Pattern), Unity

***If you take photos of your pet it must be a well thought out, planned composition

• http://www.wegmanworld.com/

• http://www.petography.com/

• http://www.brookejacobs.com/

*** Photos taken in or around school are prohibited

*** Plan out your photo shoots do now wait until the night before the photos are due to take your photos, pay attention to the weather

***DO NOT TURN IN MULTIPLE ANGLES OF THE SAME SHOT. EACH SHOT MUST BE UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT.

RUBRIC

Standards

• VAHSPH.CR.1 - Visualize and generate ideas for creating works of art.

• VAHSPH.CR.2 Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan and create works of art

• VAHSPH.CR.3 Engage in an array of processes, media, techniques, and technology through experimentation, practice, and persistence.

• VAHSPH.CR.4 Incorporate formal and informal components to create works of art.

• VAHSPH.CR.5 Reflect on, revise, and refine works of art considering relevant traditional and contemporary practices as well as personal artistic ideation.

• VAHSPH.PR.1 Plan, prepare, and present works of art for exhibition in school, virtual environment, and/or portfolio presentation.

• VAHSPH.RE.1 Reflect on the context of personal works of art in relation to community, culture, and the world.

• VAHSPH.RE.2 Critique personal works of art and the artwork of others, individually and collaboratively, using a variety of approaches.

• VAHSPH.RE.3 Engage in the process of art criticism to make meaning of works of art and increase visual literacy.