Street Photography Weekly Assignment #3: “One Liners”

by charlieatkinson on June 5, 2012

1x1.trans Street Photography Weekly Assignment #3: One Liners

(Above Image Copyrighted By Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos)

So for this week, the assignment is “One Liners”. This was chosen by the winner of last weeks challenge Hao Jiang. Upload your best 1 “One Liners” shot captured between now and this Friday to Eric’s Facebook fan page. We will choose the best shots and feature them on the blog!

Now GO GO GO!

Tagged as: One Liners, street photography, weekly assignment

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/RE56RGA3WVSIFB7P2EQS5RGF24 alan

    Pardon my ignorance but what’s a One Liner?

    • charlieatkinson

      Hi Alan,

      I would sum it up by saying “images making interesting visual puns and jokes which are instantly obvious”, take the picture above for example it’s a visual joke because the bulldogs face looks like it is his owners. Hope this helps!

    • http://cinova.wordpress.com/ cinova

      If I am correct, a ‘one liner’ is a visual pun or a photograph that is composed around a quite specific narrative, often using a juxtaposition or a matching of one object/subject with another. This can create an unusual, quirky, humorous or surreal effect.

    • http://www.charlieatkinson.blog.com/ Charlie Atkinson

      Hi Alan,

      I would sum it up by saying “images making interesting visual puns and jokes which are instantly obvious”, take the picture above for example it’s a visual joke because the bulldogs face looks like it is his owners. Hope this helps!

  • Jesse

    yes, pardon mine too, but can you elaborate?

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  • Rob LaRosa

    A “One Liner” is a type of joke that can be told on one line.  For example, “A dyslexic man walks into a bra.”

    A one liner photo would be a simple, direct and obvious photographic “joke”. 

  • Walter Shin

    Anyway these assignment lengths can include a weekend for the folks that slave away at 9-5 during the weekdays? I have to think you would get more participation?

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/YL7YGFPMQ27ZKXLM3I373R7MRI Xin

    Ey are you from chinese right?. Maybe from Beijing. I was living in Beijing 2 Years.  And the chinese people are really animals. animals uncivilized, bad education, ignorants. You should not go to civilized countries. You have no education to visit or live in them.

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