Photography for Non-Majors

Professor: Bryson Rand  

Course Number: PHOT 104

CRN Number: 10477

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

Schedule/Location:

    Fri   10:10 AM - 1:10 PM Woods 128

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

An introduction to both the techniques and aesthetics of black and white photography as a means of self-expression. Systematic instruction in darkroom techniques along with weekly criticism of individual work will provide the student with a solid basic understanding of the use of the camera as an expressive tool. No previous darkroom experience is required. This class is open only to Upper College students who have successfully moderated in disciplines other than Photography.

Photographic Seeing

Professor: Jasmine Clarke  

Course Number: PHOT 105 A

CRN Number: 10471

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

Schedule/Location:

   Thurs    10:10 AM - 1:10 PM Woods 128

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

Beyond the material technique of photography lies a visual technique. This involves learning to see the way a camera sees; learning how a photograph, by its nature, transforms the world in front of the camera. The first half of the semester is devoted to exploring this visual grammar of photography and how it clarifies a photograph's meaning and the photographer's intent. During the second half of the semester, students pursue independent projects, putting their visual understanding into practice.  Prerequisite: Photography 101 or 103.

Photographic Seeing

Professor: Timothy Davis  

Course Number: PHOT 105 B

CRN Number: 10472

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

Schedule/Location:

    Fri   1:30 PM - 4:30 PM Woods 128

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

Beyond the material technique of photography lies a visual technique. This involves learning to see the way a camera sees; learning how a photograph, by its nature, transforms the world in front of the camera. The first half of the semester is devoted to exploring this visual grammar of photography and how it clarifies a photograph's meaning and the photographer's intent. During the second half of the semester, students pursue independent projects, putting their visual understanding into practice.  Prerequisite: Photography 101 or 103.

Photographic Seeing

Professor: Jasmine Clarke  

Course Number: PHOT 105 C

CRN Number: 10473

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

Schedule/Location:

 Tue      1:30 PM - 4:30 PM Woods 128

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

Beyond the material technique of photography lies a visual technique. This involves learning to see the way a camera sees; learning how a photograph, by its nature, transforms the world in front of the camera. The first half of the semester is devoted to exploring this visual grammar of photography and how it clarifies a photograph's meaning and the photographer's intent. During the second half of the semester, students pursue independent projects, putting their visual understanding into practice.  Prerequisite: Photography 101 or 103.

The View Camera

Professor: An-My Le  

Course Number: PHOT 201 A

CRN Number: 10470

Class cap: 8

Credits: 4

Schedule/Location:

  Wed     3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Woods 128

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

View cameras were the first cameras and were the primary photographic tool for the first half of photography’s history. They offer unexcelled clarity, tonality, and image control. The operation of the view camera and advanced darkroom techniques are demonstrated in this course. The class explores the expressive potential of the conscious use of the camera’s precise control of the image. Students are supplied with 4” x 5” camera outfits. Admission by portfolio. Prerequisite: successful completion of PHOT 101, PHOT 103, or PHOT 105.

The View Camera

Professor: Timothy Davis  

Course Number: PHOT 201 B

CRN Number: 10475

Class cap: 8

Credits: 4

Schedule/Location:

   Thurs    1:30 PM - 4:30 PM Woods 128

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

View cameras were the first cameras and were the primary photographic tool for the first half of photography’s history. They offer unexcelled clarity, tonality, and image control. The operation of the view camera and advanced darkroom techniques are demonstrated in this course. The class explores the expressive potential of the conscious use of the camera’s precise control of the image. Students are supplied with 4” x 5” camera outfits. Admission by portfolio. Prerequisite: successful completion of PHOT 101, PHOT 103, or PHOT 105.

Color Photography

Professor: Stephen Shore  

Course Number: PHOT 203

CRN Number: 10469

Class cap: 8

Credits: 4

Schedule/Location:

Mon       10:10 AM - 1:10 PM Woods 128

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

An introduction to the problem of rethinking photographic picture making through the medium of color photography.  Students will explore the language of color using both film and digital cameras, and will be expected to master digital capture, color correction and printing with both. Readings on color theory and presentations on historic and contemporary photographers working with color will complement and inform students' creative pursuits.  Students enrolled in this class must also be enrolled in PHOT 203P A Color Photography: Production and Practice. Prerequisite: successful completion of PHOT 101, PHOT 103, or PHOT 105. Students enrolled in this class are required to take Color Photography: Production and Practice (Phot 203P).

Color Photography: Production and Practice

Professor: Laura Steele  

Course Number: PHOT 203P

CRN Number: 10476

Class cap: 8

Credits: 2

Schedule/Location:

 Tue      12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Brook House

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

Structured to give photographers a comprehensive working knowledge of the digital workflow, this class will address everything from capture to process to print.  Together we will explore procedures in film scanning and raw image processing, discuss the importance of color management, and address the versatility of ink jet printing.   We will be working extensively with Photoshop, using methods in color correction, image processing, masking and compositing, utilizing the medium as a means of refining and clarifying one’s artistic language.  Students will be expected to incorporate these techniques when working on their evolving photography projects for their color class, and will be asked to bring work to class on a regular basis for discussion and review.  Students enrolled in this class must also be enrolled in PHOT 203 Color Photography. Prerequisite: successful completion of PHOT 101, PHOT 103, or PHOT 105. Students enrolled in this class are required to take Color Photography (Phot 203).

Advanced Photography

Professor: Walid Raad  

Course Number: PHOT 301

CRN Number: 10479

Class cap: 8

Credits: 4

Schedule/Location:

 Tue      1:30 PM - 4:30 PM Woods 213

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

To prepare the student for ongoing independent work, this course emphasizes the exploration of visual problems. At the heart of this exploration is asking good questions of oneself and one's work, seeing how other photographers and artists in other media have dealt with such questions, and "answering" the questions for oneself through individual projects.

Queer Perspectives in Photography

Professor: Bryson Rand  

Course Number: PHOT 311

CRN Number: 10478

Class cap: 8

Credits: 4

Schedule/Location:

   Thurs    1:30 PM - 4:30 PM Woods 213

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

Crosslists: Gender and Sexuality Studies

This course is designed to explore the application of queer theory in photography for students interested in developing queer perspectives in their photographs. Through lectures, readings, and practical assignments, students will explore the history of queer photography and the work of notable queer artists who explore and express identity, subvert norms, and challenge social constructs. Essays and other readings by Sarah Ahmed, David Wojnarowicz, June Jordan, Cookie Mueller, among others, will be covered in the class. The course is designed for non-photo majors, and prior experience with photography is not required. Students will present photographs digitally in the class (no printing required) and are encouraged to use whatever camera(s) they have access to, including phone cameras.

Reading Jalal Toufic In The Studio

Professor: Walid Raad  

Course Number: PHOT 318

CRN Number: 10480

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

Schedule/Location:

 Tue      6:15 PM - 9:15 PM Woods 128

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

Crosslists: Film and Electronic Arts; Studio Art; Theater and Performance

The class will focus on Jalal Toufic’s book titled (Vampires): An uneasy essay on the undead in film. The book is somewhat of a “map” to the undead realm, and how artists may collaborate with their version that inhabits the “undead realm.” Please note that this is a studio class, namely an art making class. We will read Toufic’s book, and parallel to the reading, students are expected to be making photographs, paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations, performances, etc. And we will explore whether and how the reading of Toufic may shape what students produce. Open to non majors; no prerequisites.

Why Fake a Photograph? / Theories of Photography

Professor: Lucas Blalock  

Course Number: PHOT 332

CRN Number: 10474

Class cap: 10

Credits: 4

Schedule/Location:

Mon       1:30 PM - 4:30 PM Woods 213

Distributional Area:

AA  Analysis of Art   

This class will explore theories of photography from the point of view of an artist. We will consider, via competing models, what it means to be a photographer, and to take on the problems of photography. We will read texts by Stephen Shore, Vilhelm Flusser, Siane Ngai, Roland Barthes, Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa and others. We will also spend time looking at artists' work who have utilized photography in particularly subjectivising ways. Students will be invited to engage questions of photography via observation, materialism, technology, aesthetics and politics. Students will be graded on short written assignments, participation, and visual exercises.

Senior Seminar

Professor: Sara J. Winston  

Course Number: PHOT SEM

CRN Number: 10481

Class cap: 20

Credits: 0

Schedule/Location:

 Tue      10:10 AM - 1:10 PM Woods 128

Distributional Area:

AA  Analysis of Art   

The senior seminar is a requirement of all seniors majoring in photography. The seminar meets on a weekly basis and carries no credit.

Writing about Images

Course Number: HR 324

CRN Number: 10302

Class cap: 15

Credits: 4

Professor:

Adam Shatz

Schedule/Location:

 Tue      9:10 AM - 11:30 AM Olin 301

Distributional Area:

AA  Analysis of Art  D+J Difference and Justice

Crosslists:

Film and Electronic Arts; Photography