Syllabus       Art1600/1605/1607 - Photo 1

Art1600 Section 1 - M/W 12:00 - 1:50 Section 2 - M/W 2:00 - 3:50

Art1607 Section 1 - T/TH 2:00 - 3:50

Assignments

Readings

Szucs Home

Week One

1/20-22

Intro to photography and the camera - lab tour

Read Photography chs2-3, 6-7, skim chs 4-5

Next week: bring cameras, tanks and reels, roll of film.

Assignment: pick out image from book and write a paragraph on why it interests you.

Visions of Light

Week Two

1/26-29

Intro to camera; exposures, discuss photos

Assignment #1 Naming Light - due week 5

Read: Photography ch 1, 12; Before Photography and Understanding a Photograph - compare and contrast these two articles - how does each author define photography, what are they trying to convince you about photography? Write a paragraph or two explaining and bring to class.

Demo: Film processing

History of Photography part one

Week Three

2/2-5

Discuss readings, review negatives, make contact; demo printing

Two rolls film and contacts due week 4 for review

Read: Under the Influence of Photography - write a paragraph about a photo that influenced you. How did it change your life? Bring photo in on week 4

History of Photography part two

Demo: printing/ lab

Week Four

2/9-12

Review film and contacts/ lab/ Apeture and shutter speed

Read: Photography ch 13

Demo: filters - print one image with 3 different filters

Discuss reading

read Visual Literacy

Assign #2 Composition Tools - due week 7

American Photography Part 1 video

Week Five

2/16-19

Crit Assign #1

Discuss reading in context of crit

carry over crit if necessary;

Demo: Burn & Dodge

Week Six

2/23-26

American Photography Part 2 video

Review contacts

Lab

Week Seven

3/1-4

Crit Assign #2

Crit

Midterm review

Week Eight

3/8-11

Assign #3: Self-Portrait - due week 11

Midterm Review

History of Photography Part 3

Midterm

3/15-18

SPRING BREAK

Week Nine

3/22-25

Read: On the Nature of Vision, selections from Camera Lucida;

Photography ch 16

History of Photography part 4

LAB

Week Ten

3/29-4/1

Experimental techniques - Assign #4 - Funky image - due week 13

Discuss readings within context of experimentation

Read for: a short history of photography &

Print finishing

Matt at least two images for Assign #3

Week Eleven

4/5-8

Crit Assign #3 Self Portrait

Read for week 12: Crisis of the Real; Photography ch 15

Crit

Week Twelve

4/12-15

American Photography Part 3 video

discuss

Lab

Week Thirteen

4/19-22

Crit Funky Image

History of Photography part 5

Week Fourteen

4/26-29

Final exam review

lab

Open lab

Individual meetings

Week Fifteen

5/3-6

Final Crit

Final Crit

Finals Week