62-141   Black and White Photography I

Section A   MW 1:30pm-4:20pm   Jamie Gruzska

Section B   TR 6:30pm-9:30pm   Ivette Spradlin

Section C   TR 8:30am-11:20am   Aaron Blum

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

  MW 1:30-pm-4:20pm   Martin Prekop

Black and White Photography II allows you to gain experience with medium and large format film cameras that aren't available at many universities. View cameras remain the state of the art in control and quality for both analog and digital workflows; knowing how to use one is a very valuable professional skill. You can make stunning large-scale prints using either darkroom or inkjet processes; imagine the resolution of an 8x10 or 11 x14 inch sensor and you begin to see the potential of the view camera. This course emphasizes aesthetic development and personal artistic growth through individual tutorials and group critiques. 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 1

  MW 1:30pm-4:20pm   Ross Mantle

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.

62-245   Portrait Photography

  MW 8:30am-11:20am   Mark Perrott

Portrait Photography explores the emotional and visual process of collaboration between subject and photographer that creates a photograph. We'll use cameras of all formats and levels of sophistication to create portraits in the studio and on location. We'll find and exploit available light and create artificial light to complete our vision, and we'll explore a wide range of darkroom strategies to support and add richness to our final print. Through film and video we'll meet some of the masters of this form like Arbus, Newman, Avedon and Penn, and we'll take advantage of any opportunities to visit exhibitions and photographers studios. Lab fee required.

Class meets in MM B14.

62-375   Large Format Photography: The Antiquarian Avant-Garde

  F 8:30am-11:20am; 1:30pm-4:20pm   Elizabeth Griffin

This course takes part in the anti-digital movement by exploring the roots of photography. Students will shoot with an array of large format cameras and use 19th and 21st century processes to create one-of-a-kind photographic imagery. Course topics include view camera techniques, experimental printing processes, pinhole camera-less photography, and contemporary tin-types.

Class meets in MM B10.

62-360   Photographers and Photography Since WWII

  TR 6:30pm-9:20pm   Linda Benedict-Jones/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 PH 226C.

62-376   Meaning in Images

Mini A3   F 8:30am-11:20am   Charlee Brodsky

Images abound in our culture. This course takes a critical look at many different kinds of photographic images to understand how they operate in our culture to inform, persuade, and entertain various audiences. The content for this course will be generated from looking at, thinking about and discussing issues discovered while studying well-known to lesser-known images that range from photographs used in ad campaigns, to photographs that are used in scientific representation, to snapshots in family photo albums, to photographs that are used to show social injustices, to photographs that exist in museum collections. Readings will be assigned and short writing exercises will be required throughout the semester. In addition, photography assignments will be given.

Class meets in MM A11.