Photography Two

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.).

Here are good examples of Sustained Investigations created by AP students:

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.

2021

These are high scoring portfolios from NPHS students. The highest score for AP is a 5.

Sara Snell – Score: 5

Topic: Macro Lens Photography of Nature

Sara Snell – AP Portfolio 2021

Sara Snell AP Portfolio with all text

Kate Arnold – Score: 4

Topic: Shoes in the World

Kate Arnold – AP studio art portfolio 2021

Brady Craven – Score: 4

Brady Craven- AP Studio Art Portfolio 2021

Madelyn Janisse – Score: 4

Topic: the integration and transformation of humankind with nature

Madelyn Janisse – AP Studio Art Portfolio 2021

Stathis Kalpogiannis – Score: 4

Topic: Surfaces and Time

Stathis Kalpogiannis AP Studio Art Portfolio with All Text

Edyn Stepler – Score: 4

Topic: Hands and Creativity

Edyn Stepler – AP Studio Art Portfolio 2021

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