Narrative Tableaus

When we meet on Wednesday we'll be exploring digital SLRs and tungsten lighting as we create narrative tableaus. The practice in contemporary photography suggests a single image that is highly constructed (it might use public space as a backdrop for the scene) and narrative in nature. All the elements are contained in this one image. The practice references theatre and tableau vivant paintings.

Before class take a look at the following artists:

Gregory Crewdson (does not have a site - you can google him and come up with scores of image links.)



David Hilliard




Philip-Lorca DiCorcia (also no site - Google)



Amy Stein



Jeff Wall (Google)