CRN

CRN	15137	Distribution	F
Course No.	PHOT 105 A
Title	Photographic Seeing
Professor	Stephen Shore
Schedule	Mon 9:30 am - 12:30 pm WOODS

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.

CRN	15342	Distribution	F
Course No.	PHOT 105 B
Title	Photographic Seeing
Professor	Mitch Epstein
Schedule	Th 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm WOODS

See description above.

CRN	15138	Distribution	F
Course No.	PHOT 106
Title	Light
Professor	Larry Fink
Schedule	Tu 9:30 am - 12:30 pm WOODS

Light is the co-author of image. Light can be brazen or bland. It can dramatize or simply describe. This course deals with the exploration of found light or artificially detonated light  strobe. Each week the assignments alternate between real or natural light and artificial or created light. These exercises attempt to clarify the differences and the similarities between the two kinds and how light serves the vision of the light within. In the second half of the semester each student undertakes an individual project based on what has already been experienced. Learning how to control light broadens a photographer's perception of the ambient options it offers. Prerequisite: Photography 101 or 103.

CRN	15304	Distribution	F
Course No.	PHOT 110
Title	Introduction to the History of Photography
Professor	Laurie Dahlberg
Schedule	Tu Fri 11:30 am - 12:50 pm OLIN 102

The discovery of photography was announced in 1839, almost simultaneously by several inventors. Born of experiments in art and in science, the photographic medium combines vision and technology. It possesses a uniquely intimate relation to reality, and for this reason has many applications outside the realm of fine art, but from its inception photography has been a vehicle for artistic aspirations. This course surveys the history of photography from its earliest manifestations to the 1970s and considers photography's applications as art, science, historical record, and document, among others. It is a general introduction to the subject and is open to all students. This course is the prerequisite for most other courses in the history of photography.

CRN	15139	Distribution	F
Course No.	PHOT 201
Title	The View Camera
Professor	Stephen Shore
Schedule	Wed 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm WOODS

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: Photography 105 or 106.

CRN	15140	Distribution	F
Course No.	PHOT 203 A
Title	Color Photography
Professor	Barbara Ess
Schedule	Tu 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm WOODS

An introduction to the problem of rethinking photographic picture-making through the medium of color photography. Transparencies, color negatives, and type C prints are the technical areas explored. Interested students should bear in mind the higher costs of color materials. Admission by portfolio.

CRN	15141	Distribution	F
Course No.	PHOT 203 B
Title	Color Photography
Professor	Mitch Epstein
Schedule	Fri 9:00 am - 12:00 pm WOODS

See above.

CRN	15143	Distribution	F
Course No.	PHOT 302 A
Title	Advanced Photography
Professor	Larry Fink
Schedule	Mon 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm WOODS

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. Prerequisite: Photography 201 and 203.

CRN	15144	Distribution	F
Course No.	PHOT 302 B
Title	Advanced Photography
Professor	Barbara Ess
Schedule	Wed 9:00 am - 12:00 pm WOODS

See above.

CRN	15142	Distribution	F
Course No.	PHOT 307
Title	Advanced Digital Imaging
Professor	John Pilson
Schedule	Fri 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm WOODS

This is a course designed for students with a basic understanding of the Adobe Photoshop software application. Emphasis will be placed on exploring digital photography from both a technical and theoretical perspective. In addition to learning various advanced imaging techniques, students will be encouraged to critically examine the ways in which digital imaging effects how we make and look at photographs. Through hands on practice and in-class critique and dialogue, the class will examine a variety of issues central to photography in the digital era, such as "What is the relationship of digital photography to traditional, analog photography? To what degree has our faith in the veracity of the photographic image been altered by the seamless editing capabilities of digital photography? How have issues of authorship, ownership, and copyright been effected? How might photographers best utilize the interactive arenas of multi-media and the internet? Students will be expected to bring work to class on a weekly basis and to participate in class critiques. Open to both photo and non-photo students. Prerequisite: Digital Imaging 1, or permission of the instructor.

CRN	15490	Distribution	F
Course No.	PHOT 317
Title	Photography and Performance
Professor	Laurie Dahlberg
Schedule	Th 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm OLIN 107

Cross-listed: Gender Studies, Integrated Arts, Victorian Studies

Modernist photographic practice, generally grounded in the notion of finding meaningful images in the actual world, has been actively subverted by many contemporary artists working in photography. These artists, often leery of being labeled "photographers," have rejected expectations that photography serve the true and actual and have used photography in conjunction with fabrications and performances of all kinds, from the deceptively "real" to the gleefully artificial. This course investigates the diverse objectives, methods, and outcome of photography in various performative modes at several moments in the history of photography, including Victorian tableaux photography, fin-de-siècle pictorialism, surrealism and neo-surrealism, and postmodern stagings, constructions, and spectacle. Prerequisite: PHOT 110 or permission of the instructor.

CRN	15145
Course No.	PHOT SEM
Title	Senior Seminar
Schedule	(Alternate)Th 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm WOODS

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