CLICK: Phobia
(Photos by Isabel Mendoza)
Your goal for this week's Click assignment is to think in a more cinematic way, to tell a story with a photograph. You will use a phobia of your choice as inspiration.
Before you take your photograph, in your sketchbook:
Create 3 sketches of 3 possible phobia ideas - this will be part of your CLICK grade!!! (25 points total: 5 pts sketches, 20 pts photo)
Create 3 sketches of 3 possible phobia ideas - this will be part of your CLICK grade!!! (25 points total: 5 pts sketches, 20 pts photo)
Choose from the list below, or find one on your own:
Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing.
Achluophobia- Fear of darkness.
Acousticophobia- Fear of noise.
Acrophobia- Fear of heights.
Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.
Agyrophobia- Fear of streets or crossing the street.
Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects.
Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a car.
Anthrophobia or Anthophobia- Fear of flowers.
Anthropophobia- Fear of people or society.
Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers.
Atelophobia- Fear of imperfection.
Bathmophobia- Fear of stairs or steep slopes.
Bibliophobia- Fear of books.
Catoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors.
Chiraptophobia- Fear of being touched.
Chromatophobia- Fear of colors.
Dendrophobia- Fear of trees.
Dromophobia- Fear of crossing streets.
Disposophobia- Fear of throwing stuff out. Hoarding.
Entomophobia- Fear of insects.
Eisoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror.
Gelotophobia- Fear of being laughed at.
Genuphobia- Fear of knees.
Heliophobia- Fear of the sun.
Kinesophobia- Fear of movement or motion.
Lachanophobia- Fear of vegetables.
Logophobia- Fear of words.
Microphobia- Fear of small things.
Nelophobia- Fear of glass.
Numerophobia- Fear of numbers.
Nyctophobia- Fear of the dark or of night.
Ophthalmophobia- Fear of being stared at.
Pediophobia- Fear of dolls.
Pedophobia- Fear of children.
Pogonophobia- Fear of beards.
Selenophobia- Fear of the moon.
Scolionophobia- Fear of school.
Sociophobia- Fear of society or people in general.
Somniphobia- Fear of sleep.
Symmetrophobia- Fear of symmetry.
Thalassophobia- Fear of the sea.
Trichophobia- Fear of hair.
Xenophobia- Fear of strangers or foreigners.
Zoophobia- Fear of animals.
1. Use models to convey a sense of narrative through emotion and pose. (Photos by Evan Atwood)
2. Use props to create a surreal effect.
3. Choose an environment that conveys a story.
4. Use color to create a particular mood.
5. Use lighting to create emphasis, to reveal, or to conceal.