A Camera of Her Own

1

a. What do you associate photography with? What does it evoke for you?

b. Find a title for each

vocabulary list

.

2

Look at the photograph above. How is the female photographer represented? What does it convey?

3

Watch the video. Be ready to present it.

4

Discuss these brainstorming questions with your classmates: Which women photographers are you familiar with? Do you take pictures yourself? On which occasions?

5

Idiom

Read the

idiom of the week

. Rephrase it in your own words and give examples.

Get the full picture

When you “get the full picture” or “the big picture”, you understand a situation in all its details, intricacies and implications. The first known use of the phrase dates back to the beginning of the 20th century — probably in relation to the growing film industry.

1

• photogra phic (adj.)
• pho to docume ntary (exp.)
• pho to monta ge (exp.)
• pho to shoo t (exp.)
• photograph (n.)
• photo grapher (n.)
• photo graphy (n.)
• sho t / pi c of(n.)

2

• (from) a va ntage poi nt (exp.)
• ba ckground (n.)
• clo se-up (n.)
• composi tion (n.)
• fo reground (n.)
• le ns (n.)
• sho t a ngle (n.)

3

• ca pture (v.)
• convey (v.)
• depi ct (v.)
• do cument (v.)
• fo cus (v.)
• o ffer (v.)
• portray (v.)
• re nder (v.)

4

• draw atte ntion to (exp.)
• rai se awa reness (exp.)
• fo reground (n.)
• contra st with (v.)
• debu nk (v.)
• enha nce (v.)
• glo ss o ver (v.)
• high light (v.)

5

• bi ased (adj.)
• commi tted (adj.)
• de tailed (adj.)
• emo tional (adj.)
• fi lmic (adj.)
• graphic (adj.)
• ide alised / unreali stic (adj.)
• mo ving (adj.)
• pho toshopped (adj.)
• reali stic (adj.)
• though t-provoking (adj.)

6

• acclai med (adj.)
• acco mplished / full(y)-fle dged (adj.)
• crea tive / inve ntive / ima ginative (adj.)
• da ring (adj.)
• ecce ntric (adj.)
• gi fted / ta lented (adj.)
• insigh tful (adj.)
• pionee ring (adj.)
• trai lblazing (adj.)
• vi sionary (adj.)