Through a lens you will learn to see. You will develop your technique and your own aesthetic through traditional processes and advanced technologies. As either a Design or Fine Arts major, you will find your voice and vision in our Photography concentration.
PH100 Photography 1. Beginning Practices. (3 credits)
In this course students
become technically proficient in the basics of black and
white photography, including camera controls, exposure,
developing, printing and presentation. Photography is presented
as a tool to understand the world and as a means of expression
and communication. Students will learn how to interpret and
discuss the visual language of photography.
Prerequisite:
None
DM240 Digital Imaging 1. (3 credits)
Students develop knowledge of image development, construction, retouching, and collage techniques using traditional film, digital images, and drawing as source material. A critical examination of intent is stressed along with output options and color management. The implications of the digital image and new technologies are discussed and researched from both a personal and societal view.
Prerequisite: DM105, PH100
PH250 Photography 2: Intermediate Black & White. (3 credits)
This course is focused on advanced technical skills as a means of gaining greater personal and aesthetic understanding. Students learn advanced 35mm camera and printing techniques, basic studio lighting, and explore different photographic formats including medium, large and toy cameras, as well as experimental techniques of image making and printing.
Prerequisite: PH100
PH275 Sequence as Story. (3 credits)
By investigating documentary style imaging and the classic picture essay this course concentrates on using images in sequence. Students will explore how sequence based images, by way of editing and text, create relationships between images and ultimately tell stories that the single image cannot. Students will work independently and in small groups to further explore notions of authorship and the roll of documentary photography in a contemporary art context.
Prerequisites: PH250
PH300 Photography 3: Contemporary & Advanced Techniques. (3 credits)
This studio course explores the photograph in contemporary art. Photography's integral tie to light serves as the backbone of this course as it investigates the alternative and contemporary spaces used by photographic artists. Students explore the extension of the photograph off the page and into the realm of installation, performance and projection. Digital and analog tools and skills blur as students are encouraged to experiment and challenge their ideas of what defines a photograph.
Prerequisite: PH250 and Co-requisite DM240
PH310 Photography 4: Color Photography. (3 credits)
Students build a strong foundation in the technical and aesthetic aspects of color photography through projects utilizing color transparencies and negatives and instruction in color printing and studio lighting as it pertains to the nuances of color. Discussions and critical writings focus on the history and theory of color photography. This course combines analog and digital techniques and skills and introduces the programs such as Aperture and/or Lightroom to further expand digital workflow skills.
Prerequisite: PH250 and DM240
PH325 Studio Lighting. (3 credits)
This is a course on studio lighting as it applies to fine art and commercial photography. The course includes technical instruction in the lighting studio as well as on location with both portable lights and natural light. Students will use a wide range of analog and digital cameras. This course is defined by critiques and continued technical and conceptual advancement.
Prerequisites: PH310
PH351 Alternative Photographic Processes. (3 credits)
This course explores various nineteenth-century and experimental photographic processes such as cyanotype, Van Dyke Brown, platinum/palladium, and salt printing. Students learn to use experimental as well as analog and digitally enhanced negatives. Many of these processes blur the line between photography and drawing. This course is also useful for students concentrating in Printmaking.
Prerequisite: For Photo Majors/Concentrators: PH250, for Non-Majors/Concentrators PM200 or PM220
PH375 Photography 5: Advanced Critique. (3 credits)
Through assignments, extended projects, critique, discussions and critical readings and writings, students continue to build technical skills and explore their personal photographic vision. This senior level course provides an overview of various interdisciplinary approaches to photography. Fundamentals of photographic theory and criticism are introduced as students are prepared for Photo Seminar.
Prerequisite: PH300, PH310
PH400 Photography 6: Photo Seminar. (3 credits)
Equal parts seminar and studio in its approach, this senior level course incorporates discussions and readings focused on contemporary photo-based artworks and the theoretical and critical developments in recent photographic art practices. In addition, this course helps prepare students to enter the professional art world and/or graduate school. Students develop a cohesive portfolio of photographic imagery and create a strategy for the presentation of their work.
Prerequisite: PH375, and senior standing