Generating topics

Start by choosing one of your six topics.  Next, decide what images help communicate your topic.  Is it Animal Liberation?  Can you take a photo of an animal in a cage, a photo of a revolutionary fist in the air, and finally a photo of the empty cage?  Do those images arranged in that order communicate the idea of animal liberation?  Maybe!  You may photograph two to three objects for each of your six topics.  These photos may be from a camera phone as long as they are clear.  Absolutely no Google images are allowed.  The images should be of just the object—any background or secondary elements should be de-emphasized. Do not make scenes, or juxtapositions within a single image.  It is preferred that they be composited in Photoshop, cropped down to 3”x3” squares, and each topic grouped together on its own 8.5x11 sheet of paper.  They may be color or black and white. Remind me to draw an example on the board.

None of these are too conceptual but the first topic was "Stepping up to the call". It fell under things going on in the world that I like. A friend of mine who has always had so much potential but never took advantage of it recently stood up and became a marine. The series of photos represents him going from being a goofy boy, to a determined, respectable man.  

This one is one of my passions, Tattoos. I don't do them myself but it's an art form that fascinates me. So this series is simply the process of me getting one of my favorite works on my arm.

This is about the fad of bath salts after the "Zombie" attack on the homeless man in Florida by the Man who was high on Bath salts. So the images are just a fun representation of the decision and consequence of taking the drug.  

This on is still comical but is a tad more serious. It's referring to the current trend of celebrating teen pregnancy by MTV and other sources of pop culture. It simply says, "Oh you're pregnant? Heres a check. Go you!"