ART3650 Photography: Invention and Construction
This course will focus on the creation of visual language in photography and explore its role in clarifying the meaning and the intent of the Image-maker. Emphasis will be placed on strengthening students' technical and conceptual understandings of contemporary photography as a means of artistic self-expression. Examination of important practitioners of the medium and discourse pertaining to critical topics in current photography will provide students with the insight needed to undertake projects that expand the possibilities of the medium. Students will complete a series of thematic assignments, leading to a written proposal for a self-directed final project.
Prerequisite
ART 2600 or ART 2610
Course Types
Expression; Advanced Studies
Notes
Materials fee: $150
Course Outcomes
- •To increase understanding of the development and construction of photographic form and meaning in a critical and deliberate process.
•To increase understanding and capability with the latest equipment, processes, and materials of photography.
•To expand knowledge of the possibility and diversity within the contemporary photographic medium.
•To introduce artificial lighting source as a means for creative control in image making.
•To increase knowledge of current photographic movements and theories.
•To broaden creative problem-solving abilities and refine students’ skills in articulating issues and ideas present in their own work and the work of others.