Sense of Place

What is a Sense of Place?

• Sense of place- Response to an environment

- Defining oneself-Feeling or perception held by

people-Human attachment, belonging- How it feels, what it represents,

what it might mean to us

Phil Douglis“Ghost Town from Bodie”

Antionette Viola“Home Reverie”

Sense of Place Assignment

• Take ten photos• Pick four• Use at least 3 different editing

techniques• Write a statement describing

your“Sense of Place” series-What are you depiciting?

-Why are you depicting it?-What feelings are evoked from your series?-How did editing affect your photos/series?

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