Park Slope Labels Due Monday October 19

Example Label

Carlos Mesquita 1989 -
Looking
Brooklyn, NY
Photograph

This photograph shows a pole with a pamphlet posted on it that advertises an apartment. On the background, what seems to be right across the street from the poster, lays a realty company. The two objects, the pole in the foreground and the realty company in the background, work together to convey the idea that Park Slope is being smothered by gentrification, development, and other common trends taking place in the area. I took this picture to emphasize the idea that Park Slope is changing. The pamphlet in the foreground portrays a perfect example of someone who is in desperate need to move in with someone; perhaps because he was thrown out of his building due to high rent charges. This is a perfect example of gentrification.


Photograph Label

Write a “label” for 2 photographs.
Each label must be typed as it will be posted next to your photograph.

In the top, left hand corner, it must contain:

§ your name, your birth year
§ the title of the photograph
§ Where and when it was made
§ Medium

In paragraph form, it must tell the following information:

§ What this is a photograph of
§ Why you took this photograph
§ Describe the composition of the photograph (what’s in the foreground, middleground, background)

Example:
Carlos Mesquita 1989 –
Looking
Brooklyn, NY 2006
Photograph

This is a photograph of… This photograph shows that… In the foreground…