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The Lauren Greenfield's Girl Culture Faculty Guide

The Lauren Greenfield's Girl Culture Faculty Guide presents a selection of photographs and first-person narratives from the project, which examine the often painful social and emotional lives of girls and how, for so many, their well-being and self-esteem are tied to appearance. It addresses contemporary media, beauty and fashion industries, peers, and even parents as perpetuators of body identity issues that contribute to the sense that a female's appearance is the primary expression of her worth and thus an ongoing project for improvement.

This site complements study in many subject areas, including art, photography, writing, popular culture, media arts, women's studies, sociology, psychology, literature, medicine, and history. Faculty can use numerous suggestions to engage students, from exploring the photographs and narrative texts to integrating exhibition content into course curriculum.

The Indivisible: Stories of American Community Educator's Guide

The Indivisible: Stories of American Community Educator's Guide examines a national documentary project about twelve diverse communities exploring the changing face of grassroots activism in America, as seen through the distinctive visions of some of the nation's most original photographers, and compelling interviews by leading folklorists and oral historians. The guide, distributed to K-12 teachers through museum venues and on the Indivisible website, enables teachers to integrate the exhibition's photographs, interviews, and themes into their own interdisciplinary curricula in conjunction with a visit to the museum gallery. It focuses on the documentary tradition and the power of images and personal narrative to reveal aspects of identity, community, and civic engagement. It includes an introduction and overview of each project site, and a how-to guide for documenting local communities through oral history and photographs. In the guide given out by museum venues, a selection of slides of exhibition photographs and an audio CD with interview excerpts accompany lessons for analyzing Indivisible images and interviews.

The Ansel Adams Archive Educator's Guide

The Ansel Adams Archive Educator's Guide features photographs of intimate details of nature and complements study in many subject areas, including art, photography, natural resources, geography, writing, composition, and poetry. Suggested issues include the beauty of the natural world, interaction with nature on a direct and human scale, and nature as abstraction. Related topics include visual perception, the reinterpretation of details, popular appeal of the dramatic versus the subtle, the effect of artistic images on the treatment of our natural resources, the view camera, and the zone system.

Aaron Siskind and Max Yavno Archives Educator's Guide

Aaron Siskind and Max Yavno Archives Educator's Guide features photographs of Mexico and complements study in many subject areas, including art, photography, Mexican American studies, language arts, geography, and history. Suggested issues include documentary photography, photography as abstraction, and the personal vision and style of individual artists. Related topics include what an archive is, how foreign locations have stimulated artists for centuries, and how other locations differ from where one lives.

Tseng Kwong Chi Collection Educator's Guide

Tseng Kwong Chi Collection Educator's Guide complements study in many subject areas, including social studies, language arts, art, photography, American studies, Asian American studies, architecture, geography, and history. Suggested issues include the definition of national identity and stereotyping of "outsiders," how art forms are influenced by popular culture, and the "truthfulness" of a portrait photograph. Related topics include portraiture and self-portraiture in different art media, the many ways in which we outwardly express our nationality, and a comparison of the artist's portraits of famous places to one's own travel photographs.

Reframing America: Photography through the Eyes of Immigrants Educator's Guide

Reframing America: Photography through the Eyes of Immigrants Educator's Guide explores the artistic and social visions of seven immigrant photographers who came to the United States during the period between 1920-1950. The artists-Alexander Alland, Robert Frank, John Gutmann, Otto Hagel, Hansel Mieth, Lisette Model, and Marion Palfi-helped shape a new style of photography, and produced fresh, startling, and often controversial views of this country. The guide complements study in many subject areas, including art, photography, American studies, sociology, history, literature, and creative writing.

Encounters 7: "The Waving of Foliage and the Coming and Going of Ships": Live Projections by Richard Torchia

Encounters 7: "The Waving of Foliage and the Coming and Going of Ships": Live Projections by Richard Torchia Educator's Guide explores the basic elements of photography, the camera obscura, and light projections. This guide documents the six temporary installations in the Center's galleries during Encounters 7.

Sea Change: The Seascape in Contemporary Photography

Sea Change: The Seascape in Contemporary Photography is the Educator's Guide for the traveling exhibition organized by the Center for Creative Photography. The exhibition brings together work by eighteen photographic artists from all avenues of contemporary practice who share the same classical subject-the sea. This guide will complement study in many subject areas, including art, natural history, science, environmental studies, history, philosophy, geography, literature, poetry, and creative writing.