Professor: Larry Fink
CRN: 92496
Distribution: F
Time: Tu 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Woods Studio
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. The student must obtain within the first week of classes: 1) a camera (35mm or 2 1/4) with fully adjustable f/ stops and shutter speeds, and 2) a hand-held reflected light exposure meter. No previous experience with photography is required. Admission by portfolio (portfolio photographs do not need to be printed by the student - no previous darkroom experience required).
Professor: Virginia Beahan
CRN: 92497
Distribution: F
Time: M 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Woods Studio
PHOT 103 B Basic Photography I
Professor: Stephen Shore
CRN: 92498
Distribution: F
Time: Th 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Woods Studio
This course covers the same material as Photography 101 except that it is intended for beginning students who have had some previous experience with photography. Admission is by portfolio.
Professor: Stephen Shore
CRN: 92500
Distribution: F
Time: F 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Woods Studio
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 will be demonstrated in this class. The class will explore the expressive potential of the conscious use of the camera's precise control of the image. Students will be supplied with 4" X 5" camera outfits. Prerequisite: Photo 104, admission by portfolio.
Professor: Virginia Beahan
CRN: 92501
Distribution: F
Time: Tu 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Woods Studio
An introduction to the problem of rethinking photographic picture-making through the medium of color photography. Transparencies, color negative, and type C prints will be the technical areas explored. Interested students must bear in mind the higher costs of color materials. Admission by portfolio
Professor: Larry Fink
CRN: 92499
Distribution: A
Time: M 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Woods Studio
This course is for nonphotography students and requires no darkroom skills. A combination of found and created images fuels the content of the course, which explores visually exciting approaches to social phenomena. The course may benefit students of anthropology, sociology, and psychology by guiding them to stimulating photographic means of discovering realities that enhance their theses. It is also a course for all students who seek a deeper understanding of the nature of organized aesthetics in order to take photographs with greater impact and meaning. Course materials are color slide film, instant images, and pictures found in books, magazines, and other sources. The course will attempt to break through conventional seeing into useful visual revelation. A 35mm camera is required.
Professor: Mitch Epstein
CRN: 92502
Distribution: F
Time: W 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Woods Studio
The use of photography to document social conditions has been one of the richest and most problematic applications of the medium. This course will investigate the history and practice of documentary photography, through readings, slide presentations and field work. Providing a background to the studio aspects of the course will be a consideration of the history of documentary photography, from the reformist projects of Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine through the use of documentary in the Farm Security Administration and elsewhere in the 1930's to the work of such contemporary documentarians as Eugene Richards and Mary Ellen Mark. Documentary's roots in anthropology, sociology, politics and journalism will also be considered. In addition, participants in the class will undertake independent documentary projects on a variety of topics in the city of Hudson. They will be expected to bring weekly contributions to classroom discussions and critiques, and to produce a final project of prints and related materials. This class does not include darkroom instruction, and does not give the student access to the darkroom. Admission by portfolio. Enrollment limited to 12.
Professor: Larry Fink
CRN: 92503
Distribution: F
Time: W 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Woods Studio
To prepare the student for on-going independent work, this course will emphasize the exploration of visual problems. At the heart of this is asking one's self and one's work good questions, seeing how other photographers and artists in other media have dealt with these questions, and "answering" the questions for one's self through individual projects. Prerequisite: Photography 201 and 203.
Professor: L. Dahlberg
CRN: 92504
Distribution: A
Time: Th 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm LC 206
In many ways, photography is held to be the medium that most perfectly represents the aims and principles of modernism. This seminar considers photography in its "high modernist" era (1900-1940) as a medium shaped by the key texts and events of modernism, such as the writings of Marx, Freud, and Bergson, and the First World War. Our scope will include European and American photography, and will attempt to investigate some of the lesser known figures in photography as well as the monoliths of the era like Stieglitz and Moholy-Nagy. Assignments will include two short classroom presentations and a final research paper. Prerequisite: History of Photography (Photo History 110).