Photography · Week 17 · Portraits, People, and Ethics
Filters and Real Faces
Students compare filtered and unfiltered images and discuss how edited beauty standards affect the way they see themselves.
- Students will
- Students compare filtered and unfiltered images, identify edits that change appearance, and explain how edited images can shape how people see themselves.
- SEL skill
- Notice a harsh thought triggered by an image and replace it with a kind, accurate one
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-awareness by noticing how images affect their thinking and choosing a kind, accurate thought in response.
- Content focus
- Filters and real faces
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Self-awareness
Self-awareness means noticing your own thoughts and feelings and how they influence what you believe and do. More self-awareness activities
What you get
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Standards
- MA:Re7.1.HSI: Media Arts, Responding, Anchor Standard 7 (Perceive and analyze artistic work), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Responding
- Level: High School Proficient
More self-awareness activities for Photography
- My Life Through a Lens Self-awarenessStudents take five photos that show who they are and name the feelings behind each choice.
- Framing and Attention Self-awarenessUsing a paper viewfinder, students frame the same scene several ways and notice what they choose to include and leave out.
- Light and Mood Self-awarenessStudents photograph one subject in direct sun, shade, and backlight and describe how light changes the feeling of the image.
- Self Portrait Without a Face Self-awarenessStudents create a self-portrait using objects, hands, or shadows and describe the emotions they chose to reveal.
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