Which photo to "copy"?

Hi all.

I am on a school of photo journalism in Denmark, and we got this assignment which says that we are supposed to make a true copy of a photography. We are allowed to use every kind of manipulation and so on, but we have to shoot the things in the picture ourselves.
I don't like the idea of copying someone other's work, but well, that is the assignment we got.
And now to my question; which photo would be exciting to make a copy of? It has to be realistic, so not many people and so on..
I really can't figure a photo which would be fun to make a copy of. Any suggestions? Thank you

Sorry for my poor English - if any questions, just ask!

Best regards, Magnus

well, we are supposed to make a copy of a photo.

Do you mean that you have to recreate an existing (maybe well known) photograph?

If so, how about getting one of your friends to participate and see if you can approximate the famous Afghan Girl photograph from National Geographic?

http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Sharbat_Gula

Mike

Mike-DT6 wrote in post #6670441
Do you mean that you have to recreate an existing (maybe well known) photograph?

If so, how about getting one of your friends to participate and see if you can approximate the famous Afghan Girl photograph from National Geographic?

http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Sharbat_Gula


Mike

That's a good one!

I had a similar assignment in a photo course. We didn't need to make an exact copy but a recreation of a photo with the same feeling and design elements.

You could find pedestrian crossing and have four friends walk across like The Beatles Abbey Road album shot Heck, if you were in the UK you could even head down to the exact Abbey Road crossing!

m4gnus wrote in post #6653197
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I don't like the idea of copying someone other's work, but well, that is the assignment we got. ...

recreating is not copying so rest assured. Now if you had taken a picture of a picture it gets gray.

Anyway, check out this site. It has hundreds of photos arranged by decade. Just pick one out.
http://www.cameranaked​.com/