This class will introduce and explore the technical, historical, and contemporary concerns of photography as a form of artistic expression. Much of the work will be done in the digital environment, but projects will include other forms of making photographs. Students will gain a working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop as it relates to more traditional modes of image making. The central goal of the class is for students to learn and expand the vocabulary and grammar of the medium and find their own way of using it creatively to express original visual ideas and unique perspectives. Discussions will focus on gaining an understanding of the contemporary and historical contexts from which we work. Class time will be devoted to lectures, demonstrations, critiques, slide talks, and visits to galleries and museums. Students should have their own camera or access to a camera for the duration of the course.

Prerequisite(s): none

Corequisite(s): none

Photography II builds on the techniques and content delivered in Photo I. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the mediums ability to describe and their own forms of personal expression through individually developed projects, and an expanded understanding of the varying photographic tools including; plastic cameras, pinhole cameras, 35 mm cameras, digital cameras, medium format cameras, large format 4x5 cameras, color negatives, black and white negatives, scanning, and Inkjet printing. Students will produce a variety completed projects in multiple forms including, published books, web based portfolios, and Inkjet prints. Class time will explore the class material through lectures, demonstrations, critiques, lab time, visits to galleries, museums, artist studio's and places of photographic interest. Students should have their own camera or access to a camera for the duration of the course.

Prerequisite(s): ARTS-170

Corequisite(s): none

Focusing on historical and alternative (pre-digital) forms of photography, this class will explore the historic arc of picture making from the birth of the medium to digital intervention. Students will be exposed to the plastic camera, the pinhole camera, black and white film processing, and historic printing processes like the Cyanotype, Gum Bichromate and the Kallitype. Emphasis will be placed on using these historic photographic tools to create emergent physical forms of photographic and student expression. Students will be encouraged to combine and move between individual photographic processes and presentation, and to work together as individuals and collectives. There are no prerequisites for this class, however students must be willing to actively build and create.

Prerequisite(s): none

Corequisite(s): none

From the faded black and white photographs of the Civil War battlefield to the digital images on online newspapers and magazines, the stillness of a photograph remains a powerful influence on how we view the world. In this course students will focus on documentary photography, examining the works of photographers who have mastered this fine art of visual storytelling. Through readings, films, slide shows, and fieldwork, students will gain a better understanding of the medium. The class will explore and emulate different areas of social documentary, photo essays, photojournalism, and visual narrative. This course also invites students to question the context, purpose, and point of view of photographs. In addition, this is a hands-on photography class open to students of varying skills. Photographic processes both film and digital will be discussed, but shooting assignments will require a digital camera. Students will learn digital image editing and work on a semester-long photo documentary project: A photo essay of a chosen subject in the community.

Prerequisite(s): none

Corequisite(s): none