BART 25A04 - Seeing, Making and Judging: An In-Depth Look at Photography

• Introduction to theme self-portraits ON THE WALL

1a. (overview of class objectives, requirements and class structure outlined and explained)

1b. lecture: intro/overview, technical demonstration familiarising students with techniques,

introduction to re-photographic project - on site re-photographing of a historic photo

1c. brief look at self-portraiture

homework:

assignment #1: begin visual journal

assignment #2: make 2 self portraits: one Friday night, one Sunday night

• Street Photography self-portraits ON THE WALL

self-portrait continued + abby, jen, rita, cindy, coplans

SUBCITY narrative, vision

2a. the elastic possibilities of depicting the street; various approaches and techniques:

(snapshot aesthetic, decisive moment)

lecture: slides, film extracts - Winogrand, Bresson, Doisneau, Brassai, Atget, Cohen, Arbus,

Kertesz, Avedon, Papageorge, Shore, Leiter

2b. technical review + a look at various photographic formats, prints, negatives, cameras, digital

and analog. contacts:- doisneau + marc cohen

homework:

continue visual journal

continue with weekly self-portrait

• OUTSIDE SHOOT / class lecture PORTRAITS self-portraits ON THE WALL

3a. bring cameras with fully charged batteries and flash cards ready to go

3b. Class shoot location TBA

homework:

continue visual journal

continue with weekly self-portrait

select 5 prints from shoot for next classes

• The Outsiders: Frank + Klien self-portraits ON THE WALL

4a. Lecture and film extracts on Frank & Klien

4b. Robert Frank’s Guggenhiem proposal: The Americans - the concise idea

(america as a subject-Evans, Sternfeld, Lyon, Davidson)

4c. William Klien’s 4 Volume oeuvre: New York, Paris, Tokyo, Paris

4d. technical review (remaining issues on technique)

*ref. youtube films - frank, klien

homework:

continue visual journal

continue with weekly self-portrait

write brief proposal, one paragraph, on personal project using Frank as a model (due next week) feb 23rd

• OUTSIDE SHOOT TBA brief - history

5a. bring cameras with fully charged batteries and flash cards ready to go

5b. class shoot TBA

5c. submit proposal for personal project

homework:

continue visual journal

continue with weekly self-portrait

photograph on personal project

• Technical Exam / Personal Vision to Universal self-portraits ON THE WALL

6a. Technical exam

6b. lecture: Personal to Universal - the family as subject / when does the personal move to

a broader audience?

Stieglitz, Weston, Goldin, Mann, Dubois, Sultan, Eggleston, Carucci, Clark, Nixon,

Waplington, Billingham

short film: autobiography series osten - how to say something larger about the human condition

homework:

continue visual journal

continue with weekly self-portraits

photograph on personal project

select 6 pictures for critique next week (hard copy)

• Realism and Conceptual Photography

7a. lecture: a survey of contemporary trends and their historical roots:

Wall, Crewdson, Calle, Taryn Simon, Killing Fields, Gonzalez Torres, New Topographics

7b. class critique: self-portraits, personal project - submit USB file of critique

7c. choose photographs for re-photographic shoot

homework:

continue visual journal

continue with weekly self-portraits

photograph on personal project

evening session @ Hally’s a look at groundbreaking books (TBA) optional

• Socially concerned Photography people of nowhere self-portraits ON THE WALL

9a. lecture: survey of photographers & photojournalists photography as a tool for social change

Hine, Hernendez, Owens, Weegee, Goldberg, Nixon, Greenfield, Ewald, Beyond Borders,

Natchwey

film extracts - faces of november, Eddie Adams

continue visual journal

continue with weekly self-portraits

photograph on personal project

• Individual meetings via zoom with Hally / please check your time and don’t be late. you will be discussing your personal work and progress during this meeting.come prepared!
• The cycle of a photographer self-portraits ON THE WALL

10a. lecture on the professors work

constructing a portfolio: form and content

10b. working session - individual meetings / collect final photos for book, digital format

10c. REVIEW OF EXHIBITION DUE april 6 hardcopy ONLY

• Final Critique (part 1)

individual 10 minute presentations bring visual Journals

• Final Critique (part 2)

individual 10 minute presentations

Seeing, Making and Judging will introduce students to the world of photography by examining the works of selected artists and projects. Students will learn technical aspects of the camera and photographic process, implementing studied techniques and modes of expression by creating their own portfolio on a subject of their choosing. An emphasis will be placed on how to judge, outside of ones personal taste and to develop a sense of critical thinking in relation to the medium. Open critiques play an important role in this domain. This class follows the tradition of an atelier by focusing on the practice of making a body of work parallel to an academic context. Structure will vary, while several classes will be devoted to outside shoots in designated locations others will consist of slide lectures, short film clips, and critiques of selected assignments where students view and respond to the work of their peers. These critiques are essential to the progress of the personal projects, to be presented in the final 2 weeks of class.

STUDENTS MUST HAVE REGULAR ACCESS TO A DSLR CAMERA, PHONES NOT PERMITTED

Class participation in discussions/debates, student motivation absences, tardiness 15%

Visual Journal/Self-Portraits: regularity, commitment, auto-critique, discipline 15%

Personal Project - to develop the ability to work creatively, critically and autonomously on a long 40%

term project

written work- exam, review, proposal - ability to communicate articulately and analytically 30%

assignments given in class are designed to meet the following learning objectives:

° to comprehend and practice the basic operation and role of the camera in the creation of

photographic images

° to develop a more advanced understanding of the technical aspects of the camera and how to

control the machine rather than being controlled by it,by implementing acquired technical skills

° to build a working vocabulary of various photographers to be referenced easily

° to become more critically aware of the basic challenges communicating ideas and meaning

through photography and to develop the ability to judge intelligently why a photograph is “good”

or “bad”

° to think outside the box