6-141   Black and White Photography I

Section A   MW 8:30am-11:20am   Sean Carroll ( seancarrollphotographs.com)

Section B   MW 1:30pm-4:30pm   Ivette Spradlin ( ivettespradlin.com )

Section C   TR 8:30am-11:20am   Nina Young ( ninasyoung.com )

This course will teach you the basic craft of photography from exposure of the negative through darkroom developing and printing to print finishing and presentation. Content includes student presentations, class discussions, shooting assignments, darkroom sessions and class critiques. We will concentrate not only on the technical aspects of photography, but also the aesthetics of seeing with a camera. The course concentrates on photography as a fine art---what is unique to it and the concerns that are shared with other visual arts, such as composition, tonal values, etc. and aims to equip students with an understanding of the formal issues and the expressive potentials of the medium.

Class meets in MM B10.

62-241   Black and White Photography II

  TR 1:30-pm-4:20pm   Jamie Gruzska ( jamiegruzska.net)

This course allows you to gain experience with medium and large format film cameras while emphasizing aesthetic development and personal artistic growth. As an advanced student, you have access to an unusual assortment of panoramic and pinhole cameras that will change the way you make photographs, revealing unknown perspectives. Additional topics include digital process though negative scanning and inkjet printing, advanced monotone printing methods, and a focus on exhibition and folio presentation. Cameras will be supplied for this course.

Class meets in MM B10.

62-142   Digital Photography I

  MW 1:30pm-4:20pm   Dylan Vitone ( dylanvitone.com )

This course explores digital photography and digital printing methods. By semester's end students will have knowledge of contemporary trends in photography, construction (and deconstruction) of photographic meaning, aesthetic choices, and the use of color. Students will learn how digital cameras work, proper digital workflow, RAW file handling, color management and Adobe Photoshop. Through the combination of the practical and theoretical, students will better define their individual voices as photographers.

Class meets in MM B2.

62-242   Digital Photography II

  TR 1:30pm-4:20pm   Aaron Blum ( aaronblumphoto.com )

Digital Photography II combines digital and analog processes in both color and black white. Students will gain experience with digital workflow, analog to digital conversion, virtual drum scanning and large format digital printing. Topics include trends in contemporary photography, professional practices, project development, narrative and serial work, and portfolio presentation. Students will be expected to develop their own self-directed projects throughout the semester culminating in a cohesive portfolio of their work. Readings, assignments, artist visits, critiques and discussions will give context to the practical work and help develop a wide ranging familiarity with the subjects.

Class meets in MM B2.

62-145   Photojournalism

  MW 6:30pm-9:20pm   Michael Henninger

Photojournalism is the use of documentary photography to inform mass audiences. This course will examine the role of the photojournalist in modern society, critically examine the use of photography in publication, and give students different types of photojournalistic assignments throughout the semester. The class will evolve to function as its own newsroom photo department.

Class meets in MM.

62-208   (mini) Alternative Photography: Contemporary Antiquarian Printmaking

  TR 8:30am-11:20am   Aaron Blum ( aaronblumphoto.com )

This focused, making-based course explores antique, handmade printmaking/photography methods through contemporary techniques. Students will learn how to make light-sensitive papers, while creating their own negatives digitally, combining both processes in a traditional darkroom. Students will use the Van Dyke, Cyanotype, and Platinum printing methods from start to finish, creating handmade, unique images that are distinct from those made with digital processes alone.

Class meets in MM B10.

62-214   (mini) Photography and the Narrative of Place

  TR 1:30pm-4:20pm   Ross Mantle ( rossmantle.com )

This half-semester course will use photography to develop understandings of our surrounding environments. Students will choose a single location to work in, photographing and researching its function in the community, its history, and its relationship to broader concepts and similar spaces. Weekly assignments will require students to work with a variety of photographic methods to construct a narrative that derives meaning from the complex connections between people, objects and the spaces they inhabit. Throughout the course, students will strengthen their understanding of the ways in which these tangible and abstract elements of our environments work together through in-class exercises, weekly discussions and critiques. The course work will culminate in a portfolio of the completed project. The class will study work and books by notable and emerging figures in the medium, including Robert Adams, Carolyn Drake, Roy DeCarava, Rinko Kawauchi, Alec Soth, Carrie Mae Weems, Zoe Strauss, Gregory Halpern, and Susan Lipper. Required readings will include essays and short stories by Wendell Berry, Rebecca Solnit, Teju Cole, Joan Didion, and Georges Perec.

Class meets in MM.

62-239   Reading Pictures, Writing Photography

  R 6:30pm-9:20pm   Leo Hsu ( leo-hsu.com )

Our experience of the world is mediated through photographs, but how are photographs mediated by text? As culturally-constructed objects, photographs are both complex signifiers and vehicles of social and political influence. In this course students will engage critically with photographs and photography through classic and contemporary texts on photography and by producing their own writing. Students will become familiar with significant photographers and key issues raised around photography, and develop their own critical and authorial voices through class discussion and weekly short response papers, as well as longer assignments and occasional in-class exercises. Course readings include texts by James Agee, Roland Barthes, Teju Cole, Joan Fontcuberta, Abigail Solomon-Godeau, Susan Sontag, and many others.

Class meets in PH A20A.

62-360   Photographers and Photography Since WWII

  M 6:30pm-9:20pm   David Oresick

Invented in 1839, photography was a form of visual expression that immediately attracted a large public following. Starting around 1900, photography was practiced with two dominant strands. One of these firmly believed in the power of photographs to provide a window on the world, as pursued by Lewis Hine, while the other strand adhered to the philosophy of Alfred Stieglitz, founder of the elite Photo-Secession movement in the United States, who adamantly affirmed that photographs were first and foremost reflections of the soul. As such they were art objects, equal to painting, drawing and sculpture. These two schools of thought guided photographers throughout the twentieth century. This course explores in depth the tremendous range of photographic expression since World War II and examines in particular the contributions of significant image-makers such as Helen Levitt, W. Eugene Smith, Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, Garry Winogrand, Harry Callahan, Charles "Teenie" Harris, Cindy Sherman, Annie Leibovitz, Duane Michals, Carrie Mae Weems, Nan Goldin, James Nachtwey, and many others. Classes include lectures, student presentations, and video excerpts. A local field trip to visit a photography exhibition may also be arranged.

Class meets in TBD.

62-398   Interdisciplinary Independent Study: Topics in Photography

This course is a tutorial studio in which a student proposes a self-generated project and works one-on-one with a photography instructor of their choice to complete it. Prior to enrolling, the student must complete an Independent Study Proposal form available in MM B-18. Students can choose this course as 5 or 10 units, in consultation with the CFA Photography Administrator. Prerequisite: Junior/Senior status and by instructor permission.