List Universal Themes for Photographers

Central Maryland Photographers Guild - April 2010 Critique Assignment

Skills: Composition, Illustrating a Universal Theme

Select or invent the title of a magazine article. Design and create an image to illustrate this article, using at least one universal theme. Use your understanding of good composition to make the photograph interesting.

You are encouraged to make the theme something that is relative to your own life.

You may use digital manipulation to enhance your theme if you wish.

Remember to simplify. Leave out things that do not support your theme.

April's critique will be based on your ideas and creativity, not your technical skill.

To help you with your assignment here is a list of Universal Themes

Abandonment
Acceptance
Accomplishment
Adventure
Ambition
Anger
Anxiety
Appreciation
Appreciation of Nature
Attitude
Balance
Beauty
Belonging
Belonging
Betrayal
Bondage
Bravery
Brotherhood
Cause and Effect
Censorship
Challenge
Challenges
Change
Choices
Collaboration
Coming of Age
Commitment
Communication
Community
Community Culture
Compassion
Compromise
Concern
Conflict
Conflict Resolution
Conformity
Connections
Consequences
Consideration
Cooperation
Courage
Courage and Honor
Cycles
Death
Denial
Determination
Devotion
Differences
Dignity
Discovery
Discrimination
Diversity
Dreams
Duty (filial piety)
Empathy
Enthusiasm
Environment
Escape
Excellence
Exploration
Facing Fear
Fairness
Faith
Fame
Family
Fear
Forgiveness
Freedom
Friendship
Generations
Goals
Good vs. Evil
Gratitude
Grief
Guilt
Happiness
Heroism
Heroism
Honesty
Honor
Hope
Humility
Humor
Identity
Imagination
Individuality
Influence
Ingenuity
Initiation
Injustice
Innocence
Innovation
Inspiration
Integrity
Interdependence
Isolation
Jealousy
Justice
Kindness
Leadership
Loneliness
Loss
Love
Loyalty
Magnitude
Memory
Nature
New Experiences
Opportunity
Optimism
Order vs. Chaos
Origins
Parallelism
Patience
Patriotism
Patterns
Peace
Peer Pressure
Perseverance
Perspectives
Point of View
Possibilities
Power
Prejudice
Pride
Problem Solving
Reciprocity
Reflection
Relationships
Relativity
Resourcefulness
Respect
Responsibility
Self Awareness
Self Discipline
Self Esteem
Self Respect
Self Sacrifice
Sensitivity
Social Change
Structure
Success
Suffering
Survival
Sympathy
Systems
Teamwork
Tolerance
Tradition
Tragedy
Transformation
Trust
Truth
Uncertainty
Virtue
Wisdom
Work