Photography One

Sustained Investigation

The sustained investigation is a focused pursuit of a particular concept. During your investigation, you may change your idea and that is fine as long as in the end you are able to present a body of work that is interconnected in some way. There are many ideas you could pursue. You may take on a particular photographic technique (portraits, landscapes, textures, photo montage, hand painting images, etc.) or you could pursue a particular theme (social issue, adventure, effects of the pandemic, etc.).

Below are high scoring AP portfolios. We will be following the same format as AP for this where you will write a statement and put your images into Google Slides or PowerPoint. The number of images you turn in for this will be less than AP however. That number will be five.

You will have 5 images due on certain Fridays throughout the year. Once your final Sustained Investigation portfolio is due, you will select your top twelve images to put into a Google Slide Portfolio.

2020

These are portfolios submitted to AP in 2020. AP changed their portfolio this year so you will notice a difference from previous years. Additionally, with COVID-19 campus shutdowns, AP reduced the number of images that needed to be turned in for the Sustained Investigation from 15 to 10 images and from 5 to 3 images for Selected Works.

Congratulations to Enola Lagrave for scoring a 5

Enola Lagrave: Sustained Investigation – Humans in Relation to the Vastness of Nature

Enola Lagrave AP 2-D Art and Design Portfolio 2020

Congratulations to the following students who scored a 4

Maile Kuo: Sustained Investigation – Documenting the Beauty of Unintended Decay

Maile Kuo AP 2-D Art and Design Portfolio 2020

Lars Haavadsen: We are more complex as humans than social media displays

Lars Haavadsen AP 2-D Art and Design Portfolio

Sarah Wang: The Varied Landscapes of California

Sarah Wang AP 2-D Art and Design Portfolio 2020

Tynan Sander: Using long exposures to capture space and time

Tynan Sander AP 2-D Art and Design Portfolio

Kellie Kotake: the liminal space within landscapes

Kellie Kotake AP 2-D Art and Design Portfolio 2020

Hunter Steinle: The Destruction and Regeneration of Nature

Hunter Steinle AP 2-D Art and Design Portfolio 2020

Haley Endler: Surrealism

Haley Endler AP 2-D Art and Design Portfolio 2020

Vivek Kanchi: Graffiti and Social Media similarities

Vivek Kanchi AP 2-D Art and Design Portfolio

2019

Congratulations to these 2019 students from the NPHS photo program who scored a 5 on the AP Portfolio (click on the yellow link to see the portfolio):

Mary Grosswendt: Fire’s Destruction

Grosswendt, Mary 2019, 5

Sam Smith: Photography and Reflections

Smith, Sam 2019 5

Griffin Stepler: Japan

Stepler, Griffin 2019 5

Nathan Le: City Lights

Le, Nathan 2019 5

Maddison Morales: Skate Culture

Morales, Maddison 2019 5

Chris Spencer: Water

Spencer, Christopher 2019 5

2018

Congratulations to these 2018 students from the NPHS photo program who scored a 5 on the AP Portfolio (click on the yellow link to see the portfolio):

Connor Leeds: Colors Influence on Mood

Leeds, Connor 2018 Score 5

Nivi Shaham: Movement in a Still Image

Shaham, Nivi 2018 Score 5

K.J. Koo: Atmospheric Light

Koo, Kendrick 2018 Score 5

Rachel Grennan: Signs

Grennan, Rachel 2018 Score 5

Billy Busse: The Ever Changing Sky

Busse, Billy 2018 Score 5

2017

Congratulations to these 2017 students from the NPHS photo program who scored a 5 on the AP Portfolio (click on the yellow link to see the portfolio):

Nathan Garner: The Sky

Garner, Nathan 2017, Score 5

Priya Jhingan: India and its Color and Individuality

Jhingan, Priya 2017, Score 5

William Cavanah: The Ocean Draws Us In

Cavanah, William, 2017, Score 5

Ashley Jackson: Text and Image

Jackson, Ashley, 2017, Score: 5

2016

Congratulations to these 2016 students from the NPHS photo program who scored a 5 on the AP Portfolio (click on the yellow link to see the portfolio):

Ashley Kolosky: New York City From Different Heights

Kolosky, Ashley – 2016 – 5

Lauren Hohls: Surrealist Perspective

Hohls, Lauren – 2016 – 5

Sarah Northrop: Human Body as a Work of Art

Northrop, Sarah-2016-5

Izzie Cho: Aloneness

Chow, Izzie 2016 – 5

2015

Congratulations to these 2015 students from the NPHS photo program who scored a 5 on the AP Portfolio (click on the yellow link to see the portfolio):

Andy Cho: City Imagery at Night

2014

Congratulations to these 2014 students from the NPHS photo program who scored a 5 on the AP Portfolio (click on the yellow link to see the portfolio):

Click on the yellow link to see their portfolios.

Jamie Baker: Humans enhancing nature