Portfolio Immanuel Amwaalwa

PHOTO FOLIO iImmanuel Amwaalwa COLLEGE OF THE ARTS NEW MEDIA DESIGN YEAR 2 SEMESTER 2

Table Of Contents Contents Pages 1. About Photographer 1 2. Portraits: Masked on the Street 2-4 2.1 Collaborations through the Window 5-7 3. Awareness Campaign Posters 8-9 4. Fashion Photography 10-13

About Photographer Immanuel Amwaalwa BRIEFLY, Immanuel is a Windhoek based Photographer, specializing mostly in Portraiture, Fashion & Photo-Journalism. He is currently sharpening his skills at the College Of The Arts, based in Windhoek, Namibia, studying New Media Design (Currently 2nd Year). This particular portfolio showcases only the latest college work done in 2nd Semester, mostly although not limited to, the ongoing Covid-19 (Corona Virus) Pandemic that has taken the world by storm, compromising economies, negatively affectting our livelihoods, health and even lives.

1. Portraits Masked On The Street Assignment Brief MASKED IN PUBLIC Using strict social distancing of 1.5 meters, select one backdrop in a public space to use for all your portraits, and find people on the street to engage with very briefly & make portraits. Shoot on at least 3 different days – look for the best light & time of day to achieve your ends. Note: Do not use any “zoom” features on your cameras. Use your 50mm lens setting. Shoot a minimum of 10 portraits (this means 10 different people). Study the composition, the frame and the con- cept as shown in the work by Barbara Davidson.





2.1 Collaborations Through The Windhow Assignment Brief STAGED PHOTOGRAPHY / COLLABORATION Shoot 10 collaborative portraits across windows Your subject should be inside while you are out. The aim is to demostrate how people are trapped at home due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as well as test / enhance your collaboration / directing skills. Study the composition, the frame and the con- cept as shown in the work by Rania Matar, as illus- trated in the video watched in class on Monday June 29.





3. Awareness Campaign Posters Assignment Brief PHOTOGRAPHY & TEXT A Social Awareness Campaign in Poster Form Remember: the campaign concept and text is your choice. Shoot images to illustrate 3 different ideas / campaigns / that you choose. 1. Shoot the photographs for each idea that combines photo with text 2. Layout as a poster 3. Submit 3 completed Ideas in class on July 13th: a PDF of an A4 poster, ready to print.



3. Fashion Photography Assignment Brief Select 2 of the following 5 Fashion Photographers: Irving Penn SIVAN MILLER NONTSIKELELO VELEKO Sam McKnight Agata Pospieszynska • Researching online, select 2 photographs by each photographer (4 total) • Write a short text about each of your 2x photographers. • What is their concept as a fashion photographer? Inspiration? Locations? • Shoot your own fashion photograph in exactly the same way as your selected photographers. • Try to imitate all elements: lighting, mood, frame, angle, perspective, style.