"Mimic" Famous Portrait Photographers

Part 2 ~Mimic Assignment

(Re-create a Famous Photographer’s Image)

Richard Avedon mimic by Anna Phillipson

•  Recreate an image by a famous portrait photographer (pick anyone from our list below)
• This assignment is the accumulation of all you have learned so far this year: You will be marked on your lighting, composition, and degree of difficulty. You will also be marked on how closely you are able to "mimic" the original image and the authenticity of your model's body language. Do your best. Good luck!

Dianne Arbus

Richard Avedon 

Brassai (Guyla Halasz)

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Robert Frank 

Gertrude Kasebier

Yousuf Karsh  

Lisa Kristine 

Dorothea Lange

Annie Leibovitz

Jay Maisel

Mary-Ellen Mark

Steve McCurry

Irving Penn

Herb Ritts

Cindy Sherman   

Mario Testino

Jerry Uelsmann

Yousu Karsh mimic by Benoit Cecile

Part 2 ~Mimic Assignment Criteria:

Remember how much planning Annie Leibovitz did for her shoots? Make sure you run your "project proposal" by Ms. Echols. You must also post your "rough draft" before handing in your final image. 

1. "Proposal" due (on or before): Thursday May 21st 
2. "Location Scouting" images due (on or before): Friday, May 29th
3. Final Image due (on or before): Monday, June 8th 

(Mark these dates in your books! It is also recommended that you plan on having to re-shoot at least once. Murphy's Law is always, ALWAYS, in effect when it comes to photography. Count on it. (Even if your shots turn out, you will learn so much more the second time around.)

Irving Penn mimic by Trinity Evans