Assignment No. 2

Here we go. Assignment No. 2:

Concept/theme: The NYTimes has called (not really, of course, but play along) and they want you to produce an image to run with this story on the mortgage crisis (which I have made into a PDF because that way there are no images to lead you).

Now, some of you have never had to approach a problem like this so I’ll give you a big hint: pick one concept or point in the story and try to show/illustrate that. You cannot possibly show everything so don’t even try to.

Oh, and try not to cheat: that is, don’t go researching other similar stories to see what others have done. Read the article, think on it, think about what images pop into your own head as you read it, and go on that instead.

There’s much more room to interpret here than may first appear. (sounds like something you’d see in a creative’s car’s side mirror…)

Remember, you need to make a new image for this– not find something in your files. The whole idea is to create.

Due Date: 27 February 2010, by 11:59PM (PT)

Email your jpegs (no larger than 1200px on largest dimension, 72ppi) and please include your last name in the file name.

One last thing: please share this with others. Let’s get more photographers (and illustrators or other creative pros, sure!) to participate. Thanks.

Can’t wait to see what you come up with!!

Note: By submitting, you are granting me a license to post the image to this blog; I will not use the image in any other way.