The Department of Art and Art History Adelphi University Class Number: 0104-394 Class & Section: Intro to Photography 005 Session: Spring 2013 Instructor: Hannah Smith Allen Ofiice Hours: Tuesday/Wednesday 11:00-12:00 INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOGRAPHY SYLLABUS Joel Peter Witkin Muybridge DESCRIPTION This class will function as part studio/part seminar and will introduce students to digital and film photography. Students will learn about different camera techniques and formats, darkroom and digital printing, and alternative photographic practices. It is my intention to introduce photography students to both contemporary practice as well as its history. Today contemporary photographers employ different cameras and techniques. Some photographers choose to engage in traditional forms of image making, while others embrace new media and digital manipulation. In this class we will learn a variety of techniques and discuss how the medium has and will continue to change. GENERAL ED LEARNING GOALS: Distribution Requirements A COURSE LEARNING GOALS: • Students will be exposed to a variety of analog and digital photographic techniques. • Students will understand the relationship between digital and film based photographic practice and be able to move freely throughout the medium. • Students will understand how to operate a camera, use a darkroom, and edit their images digitally in Adobe Lightroom. • Students will engage in the theoretical debates about the differences between film and digital practices. • Students will be introduced to contemporary and historic photographers and their images. STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: If you have a disability that may impact your ability to carry out assigned course work, and are not enrolled in the Learning Disabilities Program, it is important that you contact the staff in the Disability Support Services Office (DSS), University Center, Room 310, (516) 877-3145. [email protected]. DSS will review your concerns and determine, with you, appropriate and necessary accommodations. All information and documentation of disability is confidential. HONOR CODE STATEMENT: Students enrolled in this course are expected to abide by the Adelphi University Honor Code. The purpose of the Honor Code is to protect the academic integrity of the University by encouraging consistent ethical behavior in assigned coursework by students. Following is excerpted from the Student Honor Code: The Code of Academic Honesty The code of academic honesty prohibits behavior, which can broadly be described as lying, cheating, or stealing. Violations of the code of academic honesty will include, but are not limited to, the following: 1. Fabricating data or citations 2. Collaborating in areas prohibited by the professor 3. Unauthorized multiple submission of work 4. Sabotage of others’ work, including library vandalism or manipulation 5. Plagiarism: presenting any work as one’s own that is not one’s own 6. The creation of unfair advantage 7. The facilitation of dishonesty 8. Tampering with or falsifying records 9. Cheating on examinations through the use of written materials or giving or receiving help in any form during the exam, including talking, signals, electronic devices, etc. STUDENT COURSE EVALUATIONS: During the last two weeks of the class, you will receive notification, via email and eCampus, that the course evaluation is available for your input electronically. Availability will end at the start of the final examination period. Your feedback is valuable, and I encourage you to respond. Please be assured that your responses are anonymous. The results will not be available to the instructor until after the end of the semester, and therefore, after course grades have been submitted. MOODLE The course syllabus, assignments, lectures, and images will be posted on Moodle. http://fcpe.adelphi.edu/moodle/student/ COURSE OR MATERIALS FEES: Darkroom: 1 Box of Ilford Multigrade RC Paper, 3-5 Rolls of Tri-X 400 Speed Film, Clamshell Binder, Negative Cleaning Cloth, SLR camera (suggested) Digital: DSLR camera, portable storage device., printing (average $30 per portfolio). ASSIGNMENTS/COURSEWORK: Students are expected to complete three printed photographic portfolios, maintain a Blog, and take two short quizes. Please make sure you complete all weekly shooting and writing assignments. TEXTS: The Professor will distribute excerpts from A Short Course in Digital Photography by Stone and London as well as Photography, A Concise Guide by Warren. Students are welcome (but not required) to purchase these on their own. GRADING/EVALUATION: 25% Portfolio 1 25% Portfolio 2 25 % Portfolio 3 25% Participation, Attendance, Commitment , & Work Ethic & Quizes ATTENDANCE POLICY: Attendance is mandatory. More than two absences will affect your final grade, regardless of the reason. More than 6 absences warrants failing grade. Your grade will be reduced by a 1/3 of a letter for every absence that exceeds the two-absence limit. Only students who are registered for courses, and whose name appears on the Official Class Roster may attend courses at the University. Adelphi students make a commitment to be active participants in their educational program; class attendance is an integral part of this commitment. Attendance requirements for each course will be announced by the faculty member at the beginning of each term. Students are expected to be present promptly at the beginning of each class period, unless prevented by illness or by other compelling cause. In the event of such absence, students may request that faculty members be notified by the Office of Academic Services and Retention. Students are responsible for completing course work missed through absences. Students should wait a reasonable length of time for an instructor in the event that the instructor is delayed. DATE WEEK TITLE AGENDA HOMEWORK Week #1 Introduction W/ Syllabus & Tour 8/28 Week #2 Basic Camera Design M/ Labor Day Documentation v 9/2 & 9/4 W/ Pinhole Design Interpretation Week #3 Pinhole Darkroom I M/ Pinhole Bird/Worm 9/9 & 9/11 SLR Darkroom I: Contact The Frame/Fragment W/SLR Week #4 Developing Film M/ Developing Film 9/16 & 2/18 W/ Darkroom II Focus & Filter Week #5 Printing Workshop I M/ Darkroom III Night & Shutter 9/23 & 9/25 Burning & Dodging D.O.F Subjective W/ Time & Motion Seeing Week #6 Printing Workshop II M/ Open Lab 9/30 & 10/2 W/ Refining Your Prints Week #7 M/ Portfolio Critique First Portfolio 10/7-10/9 W/ Scanning Negatives (5 darkroom prints) Week #8 From Film to Pixel M/ Digital Darkroom Blog 10/14 & 10/16 W/ DSLR Camers Everyday Color Week #9 ACR & Advanced M/ Lightroom I: Envirornmental 10/21 & 10/23 Photoshop Catalogue Portrait W/Lightroom II: Editting Week # 10 Studio Lighting M/ Lightroom III: Studio Portrait 10/28 & 10/30 Exporting W/ Studio Lighting Demo Week # 11 Printing Demo M/ Photographic 11/4/ & 11/6 Print/Camera Formats Update Blog & Prints W/ Open Studio Week # 11/11 The Personal Project: Proposal Second Portfolio Due & 11/13 Proposal & Critiques Presentations/ (6 digital prints) Critiques 11/18 & 11/20 Third Portfolio Due 11/25 & 12/2 The Personal Project: Open Studios & 12/15 12/4 & 12/9 Expanding Vision Critiques 6-10 Personal Project Prints The Department of Art and Art History (M/W 4:15-5:30) Adelphi University Class Number: 0111-266-001 Class & Section: History of Photography Section 1 Session: Spring 2013 Instructor: Hannah Allen Office Hours: Monday/Wednesday 3:00-4:00 DESCRIPTION Since its invention in 1839, photography has become a medium embraced by many disciplines. In this class, we will attempt to investigate the history of the medium topically, not strictly chronologically. It is my hope that topical discussions will allow us to understand the complexity of this medium and how it contributes to modern life. Although this is an art history class and the majority of our discussions will concentrate on photography’s relationship to the art world, it is important to remember that the photographic medium has informed and transformed so much of our daily existence. Photography follows us everywhere. It is there when we get x-rayed at the doctor, and it is there when we run a red light. In the end, it is hard to imagine a world without photography. We have come to accept it as commonplace. How did this happen? And how did historic photographers work to further the technological and aesthetic developments of the medium? Through class discussions, journal exercises, slide presentations, weekly readings, and exams, we will attempt to answer some of these questions GENERAL ED LEARNING GOALS: Distribution Requirements A COURSE LEARNING GOALS: • Students will trace both the technical and conceptual developments of photography and discuss its many transformations from the 1800s to today. • Students will be exposed to multiple photographic practices, from documentary photography to fine art photography to war photography. • Students will discuss many moral and theoretical issues attached to medium, such as photography’s relationships to truth, beauty, and fact, as well as the ethics of war photography. • Students will come to understand that photography is a medium on the forefront of technology, one whose conceptual and technical standards are constantly in flux. • Students will visit a museum and learn about exhibition development. HONOR CODE STATEMENT: Students enrolled in this course are expected to abide by the Adelphi University Honor Code. The purpose of the Honor Code is to protect the academic integrity of the University by encouraging consistent ethical behavior in assigned coursework by students. Following is excerpted from the Student Honor Code: The Code of Academic Honesty The code of academic honesty prohibits behavior, which can broadly be described as lying, cheating, or stealing. Violations of the code of academic honesty will include, but are not limited to, the following: 10. Fabricating data or citations 11. Collaborating in areas prohibited by the professor 12. Unauthorized multiple submission of work 13. Sabotage of others’ work, including library vandalism or manipulation 14. Plagiarism: presenting any work as one’s own that is not one’s own 15.