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Photography
108 Syllabus
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COURSE
CONTENT will:
• Cover the fundamentals of black and white photography
• Include a hands-on approach to the use of the 35 mm camera, the light
meter, film developing, printing of negatives and final presentation of photographs.
• Develop critical vocabulary for visual literacy. (How to think and talk
about visual arts.)
• Develop the creative process through individual and group work.
• Include demonstrations, lab sessions, museum visits, critiques and individual
conferences.
GRADES
• Attendance is mandatory. So much happens in each session that it cannot
be easily repeated. Please be on time and present for the whole session. There
are lots of confusing details to try to put together. Please notify me if you
are ill or have a legitimate reason for missing class.
• Class participation includes consistent contribution of ideas, enthusiasm,
response to others' work, having assignments done on time.
• Doing your fair share of lab maintenance, keeping the facility in order
and clean is of the utmost importance. Returning keys for darkroom and studio
on time. (HONOR CODE)
• Technical proficiency including mastery of basic exposure, development
and printing techniques demonstrated through finished assignments.
• Creative expression as evidenced through the development of expressive
abilities with a visual language. Willingness to take risks to try something
new. The use of photography to communicate, to express an intelligent and thoughtful
idea.
• Individual assignments will not be graded. The final grade is an assessment
of progress due to hard work, not necessarily latent ability or prior knowledge.
Experimentation and personal expression are required. Doing the assigned amount
of work with thoughtful attention to content and technique will ensure a grade
in the B range; doing exemplary work will merit a grade in the A range.
GENERAL
SUPPLY LIST
*Please wait to purchase supplies until class explanation
• 1 Loose leaf 3-ring binder
• 1 bag (25 sheets) of archival negative files (35mm, 7
rows, 5 negatives to a strip) (fits on 8x10 sheet of photo
paper)
• 1 small scissors
• Bring
an old towel so we don’t need so many paper
towels and 1 old shirt or other piece of clothing to protect
your clothing from chemical stains.
• 1 can pressurized environmentally safer air (Dust-off,
Beseler, Vari-air) or blower brush or anti-stat cloth
• 1 spotting brush (000)
• 10 rolls 36 exposure film, either TMX (100) or TMY (400)
or Tri-x (400) or a mix of your choice.
• Additional photo paper as needed.
• OPTIONAL:
Magnifying Lupe
RECOMMENDED
TEXTS:
• Horenstein, Henry. Black and White
Photography,
A Basic Manual, 3rd edition. Little Brown, 2005
• Laytin, Peter. Camera Controls. Focal Press
Both are on reserve in the library, if you do not want
to purchase them.
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