Jenn Brannigan
Visualization 4- Last Iteration
May 12, 2017

For my last data set I decided to look at the photos that my students sent to me after the field trip we went on. I check out 10 students and gathered the images that they replicated. If an image is on the board, that means it was taken at least one other time. If they are on their more than once, that means all out of the ten students I looked at the photo was taken that amount of times. From there I counted how many were from each business. For The Green Palette 10 photos were taken. So each student took at least one photo. For American Made Monster Studio, 6 photos were taken. The reason I painted the canvas a blue green was because of the cyanotype. The chemical that we use that is sun sensitive is a blue green, and when exposed is a dark blue. The reason I picked this blue green is because just like the chemical, this data hasn’t been developed to maturity yet.
If I had to guess, I would say that students photographed these images for multiple reasons. For one, location. The American Made Monster logo was in the entrance of the studio. Once students got inside, they were listening to what the craftsmen had to say about their jobs. Two, for the green palette, they were aloud to go upstairs in their make shift loft. The strange palette maze attached to the wall, was right at the entrance to the stairs, The tall branches were hung from the ceiling. Students had a birds eye view of the entire studio, and the owner was talking to them about how he gathered all the branches from Macy’s in Manhattan during the eighties. He told them about how they just threw away all the window displays to get new ones each year. One year, he asked for them instead of them being thrown away. They agreed, but they made him take them all within a night, which he did. He discussed with the students the idea of recycling and using your hands to build what you need, not just buy it. This is why, I believe, students also photographed the fabric butterfly wings. They came from recycled fabrics and textiles that were donated to the Green Palette. I think my students as a whole photographed The Green Palette more because they liked the ideas that were discussed while we were there. Aesthetically it was more kid friendly, and enjoyable to explore and check everything out. They even let the kids take palette pieces to draw on. Overall, these groups of photographs show that students found certain items in each space photo worthy. The reasons, although need to be explored more, show that students like the idea of recycling and connected with the stories that the owner of The Green Palette presented.