1. Introduction to course objectives and requirements
The Camera: basic handling and operation: light, aperture, depth of field, film
Reading assignment: Horenstein, chapters 1 and 2
Shooting assignment 1, “Light”
2. Review Camera Operation, on site shooting assignment
Reading assignment: Horenstein, chapter 3, 4, 5
Shooting assignment 2, “Movement”
3. Developing Negatives
Reading: Horenstein, chapter 9
Shooting assignment 3 “Markets”
4. Printing
Reading: Horenstein, chapter 10
Shooting assignment 4, “Tourists”
5. Form and Content: Intro to Barthes. Discuss prints from SA 1, 2, and 3.
Reading Assignment: Barthes, to page 60.
Shooting assignment 5, “Interiors”
6. Review for midterm exam.
Shooting assignment 6, “Borders”
7. Midterm exam.
Reading: Sontag, In Plato’s Cave
Shooting assignment 7, “self portrait”
8. Discuss Barthes and Sontag and SAs 4 and 5.
Shooting assignment 8, open assignment
9. Pinhole cameras.
Shooting Assignment 9, pinhole photos
10. Semester Break, no class.
Shooting assignment 10, open
11. Gallery Visit, TBA
12. Discuss SA 6, and 7. Darkroom part 3. Dodging and burning.
13. Discuss final projects
14. Presenting work. Prepare for Student Art Show
15. Portfolios due. Final projects presented