Portfolio Task 5- How to Read a Photograph

Read the text - 'How Do We Read A Photograph' in Clarke, G (1997) 'The Photograph', UK, Oxford, pp. 27-40

In approximately 500 words, summarise the authors main points, then conduct a brief critical reading of a photograph of your choosing, in the way that the text suggests.

Portfolio Task 4- Postmodernism

Find five images of what you consider to be Postmodern Visual Communication. Post these to your blog, with reference to date, author and title in the following form-

Author (date) 'Title', full web URL

e.g. Miles, R (2010) 'A piece of Postmodern Graphics', www.graphics.com/graphics

Also, include a couple of sentences next to each image which describe why you think each image is Postmodern.

Reid, J (1977) Sex Pistols 'Never Mind The Bollocks', LP cover, http://www.virginmedia.com/images/sex_pistols-gal-covers.jpg

Portfolio Task 3- Avant-Garde

In approximately 300 words discuss the concept of the 'Avant Garde' in relation to two examples of Graphic Design. Include pictures and full references to the works you are discussing.

Look at the wikipedia page on Avant-Garde if you are struggling