ASSIGNMENT SMARTPHONE
Students were assigned to cover an event of their choice, using only their smartphone. A sample of their images.
Chris Harcus: Playdome.
Alexandra Wilks: Bill C-51 protest.
Faith VanDeventer: Cat show.
Megan Renaud: Andy Warhol exhibit.
Rebecca Berry: Cat show.
Alex Hawley: St. Patrick's Day.
Priscilla Leung: Celtic Festival.
Elina Gress: Bill C-51 protest.
ASSIGNMENT SPACESHIP
Students can take only five photographs – that remind them of what they're leaving behind – with them on a two-year space mission. (Adapted from an exercise from Prof. B.D. Colen's MIT Open Course in Documentary Photography and Photojournalism)
Daniela Carmona: Studio.
Danielle Himbeault: Petrichor (a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather.).
Elina Gress
Jaylene Sidhu: Favourite people.
Kier Junos
Lenee Son
Max Kirkpatrick
Ryan Lehal
Sam Hale: Friendship.
Stacy Ticne
ASSIGNMENT WORD GAME
Students had to shoot a photograph that illustrated a concept, based on a single word they randomly drew. Based on an assignment in John Lehamnn's master class on documentary photography
Alexandra Wilks: Old
Ashley Ezart: Together
Danielle Himbeault: Low
Elina Gress: Short
Faith Van DeVenter: New
Kier Junos: Whole
Max Kirkpatrick: Long
Nicky Toor: Apart
Ryan Lehal: Lofty
Stacy Ticne: Hidden
ASSIGNMENT PHOTO DESK
Students were randomly assigned one of five "assignments" they needed to shoot, producing images to accompany articles. The five assignments were transit overcrowding, traffic congestion, residential development, weather and sports or recreation.
Trevor Beggs: Transit overcrowding.
Stacy Ticne: Sports or recreation.
Sam Hale: Traffic congestion.
Rebecca Berry: Weather.
Daniela Carmona: Sports or recreation.
Alex Hawley: Transit crowding.
Max Kirkpatrick: Sports or recreation.
ASSIGNMENT EVENTS
Students produced a five-image photo essay while covering the event of their choice. These are some of those images; a separate page featuring their photo essays is coming soon.
Stacy Ticne: Harvey’s Orchard employee Lauren Sellars accepts payment from a customer at the Winter Farmers Market in Vancouver.
Trevor Beggs: Peter Levarsky, 21, enjoys the “Flu Shot,” while out with his girlfriend at Mink Cafe. The beverage in enclosed in a plastic syringe.
Sheetal Reddy: Students, faculty and members of the religious community mingle at Kwantlen’s UN World Interfaith and Harmony Week Multimedia Festival, which took place Feb. 5. There was a small turnout for the event this year.
Megan Renaud: The audience is brought to its feet by Sam Smith's performance.
Chris Yee: Cave Girl ventures forth as the opening act at Sprïng's homecoming show, Jan. 31.
Danielle Himbeault: Jayson Pond, centre, discusses a group name with fellow team members at Jackalope’s Neighbourhood Dive on Tuesday, Feb. 3. The restaurant played host to its first Rock and Roll Trivia night.
Ashley Ezart: Alex McCarthy from the Granville Island location of A Bread Affair was at the Cannery Farmer’s Market in Steveston, providing information and samples of the specialty breads the bakery produces.
Alexandra Wilks: Ryan Wang, 11, assists Kristine Hoelzle with measuring the length of baby Violet Salmenmski, six months old, during a Roots of Empathy session at Summit Middle School on Feb. 3. The students are observing how much she has grown over the past three weeks.
Lenee Son: Members of the Kwantlen First Nations join in a circle to perform a traditional song at a No Kinder-Morgan pipeline protest in Langley, Feb. 5. Citizens gathered to support Kwantlen First Nations and Langley citizens who are opposed to the pipeline development.
Chris Harcus: A little girl gets skating advice from her parents at the open skating rink in Robson Square in Vancouver on Feb. 4.
Rebecca Berry: Driver Keith Clark is all smiles after winning the third race of the day at Fraser Downs in Surrey on Feb. 1. The winning horse, Art The Third, is owned by Bryan Buchanan of Surrey.
ASSIGNMENT PORTRAITS
Students photographing students, using augmented lighting (bounce flash, off-camera flash, reflectors, other light sources)
Parker Lund by Parker Lund, Danielle Himbeault and Alex Hawley
Jaylene Sidhu by Jaylene Sidhu, Jaclyn Sinclair, Lenee Son and Daniela Carmona
Sam Hale by Sam Hale, Chris Yee and Ryan Lehal
Sarah Schuchard by Sarah Schuchard, Sheetal Reddy and Nicky Toor
Trevor Beggs by Trevor Beggs, Alex Wilks and Stacy Ticne
Nicky Toor by Nicky Toor, Sheetal Reddy and Sarah Schuchard
Faith VanDeventer by Faith VanDeventer, Chris Harcus and Priscilla Leung
Torin Slik by Torin Slik, Rebecca Berry and Max Kirkpatrick
Chova Malyo by Chova Malyo, Elina Gress and Ashley Ezart