Star in Your Own Series

This lesson is all about planning your major project, a series of photographs that show your unique personal voice. In past lessons, we explored the concept of a series and looked at artist Cindy Sherman’s Untitled Film Stills series. In this module, we’ll examine several series created by different artists, challenge ourselves to identify artworks that belong together in a series, and plan your own personal voice series of photographs.

What Goes With What?

In this module we’ll examine several series created by different artists, challenge ourselves to identify artworks that belong together in a series, and plan your own personal voice series of photographs.

Explore: Explore how different artists have created a series of works.
Challenge: Identify which artworks belong together in a series
Application: Plan your personal voice series

View the slideshows below to explore how different artists have created a series of works. Consider the following questions:

What do the artworks have in common?
How are they different?
Are they stronger together?
Can each artwork stand alone?
What is the theme/message of the series?
What is each artist’s style? How is their voice seen throughout the series?

Meet the Artist: Angela West

Meet the Artist: Chuck Close

Meet the Artist: Michael Kenna

Look at the series you created above - What makes them all go together?

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