<p>Documentary Photography AS 371.303 Phyllis Berger [email protected] Home 410-467-8525 Cell 410-207-5862</p><p>In this course, we will explore different genres of documentary photography including: the fine art document, photojournalism, social documentary photography, the photo essay and photography of propaganda. Students will work on a semester-long photo-documentary project on a subject of their choice. Camera experience is a plus, but not a prerequisite. Students will be loaned a digital SLR for the semester.</p><p>Course Objectives Students will: Begin to think critically about images View and discuss the work of documentary photographers Gain proficiency in the use of the camera Learn to connect images sequentially Create a semester long documentary project</p><p>Grading 30% Students must be active participants in all classroom activities: joining in discussion of images, and completing assignments for critique on time. 60% Final project</p><p>Attendance You must be on time for all classes. Three late classes count as a missed class. Two missed classes will lower your grade by one letter. Three missed classes result in an F. Class 1 Lecture: What is Documentary Photography? Discussion on various forms this genre takes Introduction to Feldman Theory Camera Operation</p><p>Reading Assignment Horenstein Digital Photography: A Basic Manual Practice using your cameras see assignment sheet on Blackboard Upload images to Flickr See data sheet on Blackboard</p><p>Class 2 Field practice: Baltimore Street Car Museum Shoot Raw plus jpeg</p><p>Assignment Choose an image from Digital Journalist link on Blackboard Upload to Flickr http://www.flickr.com/and leave a comment (at least a paragraph) on what intrigues you about photograph. Log in Yahoo ID jhudocumentary Password 371158</p><p>Class 3 Camera Raw Tutorial Discussion of Flickr uploads</p><p>Lecture: Street Photography Roy DeCARAVA Eugene Atget Robert Doisneau Lee Friedlander Diane Arbus Cartier Bresson</p><p>Assignment Street Photograph See assignment sheet on Blackboard Due Class 5</p><p>Class 4 Fieldtrip Fells Point Shoot raw</p><p>Write a semester long project proposal due class 6 You should pick a project that would lend itself to a photographic essay on a subject that truly interests you. We will have critiques of your work as we progress through the semester to help with technical and content issues. Class 5 Photoshop Tutorial and Lab</p><p>Reading for Class six We will work on Fells Point photos http://shelby-lee-adams-essay.blogspot.com/ http://shelby-lee-adams-napier.blogspot.com/</p><p>Begin work in class on semester project</p><p>Class 6 Movie and Discussion “True Meaning of Pictures” Lab</p><p>Reading for class 7</p><p>“Impossible to Forget” on electronic reserve</p><p>Short crit </p><p>Discussion of project proposals</p><p>Class 7 Fieldtrip John Brown Museum Liberty Ship</p><p>Class 8 LAB ½ CLASS Movie and Discussion War photographer Lecture: Photographer as Witness James Nachtwey Michael Kenna</p><p>Upload images from your semester project to flickr You can post them under your set</p><p>Lab Class 9 </p><p>Critique: Bring images on a portable drive</p><p>Class 10 Reading “The Harvest Gypsies” PDF on Blackboard</p><p>Lecture: Farm Security Association Discussion: Issues of Photographic Integrity</p><p>Dorothea Lange Russell Lee Arthur Rothstein Propaganda photos from Soviet Union Lab Critique</p><p>Class Lab</p><p>Class 12 Final Critique</p>