Johnannes Itten was the creator of the foundation course at the pioneering and influential German art school, the Bauhaus. It was Itten's job to take the new students and get them to think about art and design in new ways. As part of this class, Itten had the students explore the notion of contrast; Itten believed that image compositions should be based on contrasting elements: light vs. dark, simple vs. complex, etc. Like Itten's students, you will explore the idea of contrasts with this assignment.
Create three sets of photographs that explore different contrast pairs.
Read Freeman, chapter 2. On page 34 is a list of Itten's contrasting pairs. Choose three (or more pairs) to work with for this assignment.
Shoot photographs that demonstrate/explore the concept pairs you have chosen. Freeman provides several examples from his own work on pages 34–37.
For two of your contrast pairs make separate images for each word (for example: one picture for "much" and one for "little"). These paired images should be presented side-by-side, as a set (so you will have two such sets).
For the third pair of contrasts, find a way to combine both ideas into a single image (see page 37).
Once again, the goal is to more than complete an exercise; it's to make interesting photos. Don't just take a picture of a lot of stuff and call it "much." Find interesting subjects & interesting compositions. Aesthetics are very important. And don't neglect meaning—these images can "say" something, a narrative, an editorial, a question, etc.
As with the first assignment, the images may be in color, black-and-white, or whatever color scheme you prefer. The subject matter is up to you (people, objects, landscapes, architecture, etc.), as long as it relates to the idea of contrasts.