A SAMPLING OF THE WAY WE SEE IT, AN ART EDUCATION PROJECT DESIGNED BY DAVID BLUMENKRANTZ, AS PARTIAL

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A SAMPLING OF THE WAY WE SEE IT, AN ART EDUCATION
PROJECT DESIGNED BY DAVID BLUMENKRANTZ, AS
PARTIAL FULLFILLMENT TOWARDS A MASTERS DEGREE IN
ART AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE,
2002.
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MEET THE PHOTO CLUB
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Grecia Karla
Grecia (photo by
Karla)
Karla
(photo by Grecia)
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Bryan Carlos photo
by Jesus
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Nathan Jesus
Photo of Jesus, taken by Nathan
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Photo by Jennifer Lobos
Valeria Jennifer
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Eva Kimmy
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OUT IN THE FIELD WITH THE PHOTO CLUB
To bring our photography to life, or life to our
photography, it was necessary to leave the
confines of school, and venture out into the
real world. Whether it was hiking in Griffith
Park, a social studies trip to the San Fernando
Mission, or a visit to the local university, The
Photo Club Kids were on the job.
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KIMMY LIMON Photography is used by all people.
Before 1900 true artists were the only people to
use cameras. But when the Brownie came along by
the 1900s photography was available to all kinds
of people. Before photography people couldnt
record moments in their life. If somebody got
married or had a baby their family members
couldnt see that. In a way photography was a
sort of communication. For me, and I speak for
thousands of people, the camera was one of the
most important things ever invented.
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JENNIFER LOBOS People use photography for
memories. For example, if your grandmother died,
and you dont know how she looked, your parents
might have a photograph of her, and by just
having that photograph, you have a memory of what
she looked like. I think photography is a way to
express your feelings. In my family, photography
is used to take pictures of ourselves. The world
was very different before photography. For
example, if a family wanted a family portrait
they had to hire a painter . . . And had to pay
them a lot of money. Now that photo class is
almost over I look at photography differently. I
used to think that photographers didnt have to
go through a long process to make their
photographs good. Now, I know that they had to go
through a long process.
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JESUS LOSOYA The choices that photographers use
are the lighting, timing, composition, proximity,
and angle. The word photography means writing
with light. Photographers use composition in
their photographs by trying to arrange all the
elements in their sight into a composition that
they like, just as you do when you are drawing or
painting. If the world had no cameras the world
will change big time. If the world did not have
cameras people that were adopted would not be
able to see their real parents. People would not
be able to see the bad things that happened. The
world should have been changed. The camera was a
great invention.
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NATHAN ALEXANDER When photography first came to
be it was a new world. When I first started
photography I thought it was about pressing a
button . . . But now I know that you can kind of
adjust how the picture looks. Id like to cover
nature, because Id like to show how factories
and pollution are killing nature. Nature is part
of the earth, and throwing trash on the ground or
carving your name in a tree isnt helping.
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Vanowen Ave.

by Jesus Losoya
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San Fernando Mission

by Valeria Caceres
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Mom in the Mirror
by Carlos Ruiz
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GO GILBERT ! DO THAT KICK FLIP!
This is a picture of Gilbert skateboarding. I
took this picture at my apartment. This is a
perfect capture of timing.
By Valeria Caceres
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Momma Against Osama
This is my mommy. She is holding a Wanted
Osama Bin Laden sign that I bought for her. I
told her to be mad for the photo. She did a nice
job of that.
By Kimmy Limon
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This is a picture of my mom. She was planting. I
told her I was going to take a picture of her,
but running. So I ran and screamed Look in the
camera! And thats how I got this picture.
By Eva Sanchez
Fastness
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This is my niece. That pole is kind of like a
swinging pole. Everybody swings on it.
By Jesus Losoya
Swinging
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I took this photograph at my house. The person in
this photograph is my sister, Nerly. The bunny in
the photograph is my pet, Cosita. I wanted the
photograph to have love and passion. Also, I
wanted it to look like they understood each
other.
By Jennifer Lobos
LOVE AND PASSION
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MOM DAD HEADS
By Grecia Vasquez
These two people are my mom and dad.
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Sit Back
This is my brother watching Scooby Doo.
By Nathan Alexander
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This is a photo of graffiti on a poster. It shows
a lot of geometric shapes.
By Karla Vega
GRAFFITI SIGN
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THE FAMILY PHOTOS OF BRYAN MERINO
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HAND-TINTED PHOTOGRAPHS ACTIVITY ONE
To explore the differences between black and
white and color photos, the students were asked
to color these images, which had been taken by
their teacher. Using Adobe PhotoDeluxe on iMacs,
here are the results . . .
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HAND-TINTED PHOTOGRAPHS ACTIVITY TWO
Once the students were familiar with the
technique of hand-tinting, they were asked to
choose one of their own favorite images to color.
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HAND-TINTED PHOTOGRAPHS ACTIVITY THREE
Hi, Im Valeria, our class President. This has
been Our Crazy Faces show. OH, WAIT A
SECOND, THERES ONE MORE. MEET OUR TEACHER, MR.
BLUMENKRANTZ
Tired of the same old class photos? Photo Club
members Kimmy, Eva, Jennifer and Valeria were, so
we turned them loose with Adobe PhotoDeluxe, and
heres what happened . . .
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During a visit to their teachers Saturday
morning photo class at CSUN, Photo Club students
discuss photography history with university
students. . .
Helping to sort and file color slides give Karla
and Jennifer an opportunity to work with
transparency film . . .
Eva, Grecia and Kimmy give an oral presentation
on Lewis Hine, whose child labor photographs in
the early 20th Century were among the first true
documentary images to bring about social change.
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COLLABORATIONS HOME VISITS
Grecias mother, preparing pupusas in the
kitchen. Photo by Grecia
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Mom, Grandma, and Aunt Cristina
photo by Karla
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Cousin Amanda with Jerry photo by
Eva
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Dad repairing an old television photo by
Jennifer
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Mom Dad
photo by Nathan
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The Artists as Models Halloween 2002
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SILLY STRING
During a birthday party for Eva, Mr.
Blumenkrantz was given the silly string treatment
. . . Photos by Grecia
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MULTI-MEDIA ACTIVITY COLLAGES
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TREASURES FROM THE FAMILY PHOTO ALBUMS
CARLOS RUIZ GRANDMOTHER This hand-tinted
portrait was made in El Salvador, in 1960.
Carlos explains why this photograph is so
precious to his mother Its the only photo she
has of her mother. She only knows how her mom
looks by this photo because my grandma died when
my mom was only one year old. Unknown photo
grapher
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EVA SANCHEZ MOTHER AUNT Luz Sanchez, on the
right, was photographed with her sister Lupe in
their backyard in El Salvador, in 1976. This
photo is very special to me because its a memory
of my sister and I. Since we were young, we were
always together and now, we are still together
helping each other. Its a reflection of what my
sisters and I have. Thats why this photo is very
special to me. Photographer unknown
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Five each of Kimmy and Karla wouldnt be bad . . .
BUT Every teacher wishes they could have ten
Valerias