Course Description
Investigations into advanced camera practices with selected film formats, such as 35mm, medium format, and/or large format, plus digital. This course will cover techniques involving camera handling, lighting, film processing/printing, scanning, and the development of student projects. Past and present practices will be given equal consideration in their historical contexts.
Athena Title
Advanced Film and Camera
Prerequisite
ARST 3200
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
This course is designed to introduce the students to both the technical and conceptual use of medium and/or large format photography. Through technical exercise in shooting film and printing in darkroom and digital workflows, students will learn the techniques of working with larger format cameras, advanced camera handling, lighting, film processing, scanning and refined printing. Classroom discussions, slide lectures, gallery visits, research projects and critiques will expose the students to the conceptual components and contemporary trends in large format photography. Students will be required to engage assignment topics and present their work in the context of historical and contemporary practices within the medium. In presenting his/her photographs, each student will be expected to assimilate and analyze the topic of the assignment and present the work orally as well as through various modes and media, including the use of appropriate technology. Students will be expected to engage other students' work with dialogue that is stylistically appropriate and mature. During critiques students will learn to communicate for academic and professional contexts, supporting a consistent purpose and point of view while considering and engaging opposing points of view. Students will be required to interpret inferences within each photograph being discussed, developing subtleties of symbolic and indirect discourse.
Topical Outline
Handling the medium or large format camera. Precise metering and perfect exposure of negatives. Advanced exposure and development controls. Scanning negatives. Printing larger format negatives. Regular in-class assisted lab work time. Slide lectures, gallery visits, and conceptual reading/writing on historical and contemporary trends in large format photography. Portfolio development with regular critiques.
Syllabus
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