BART 92A08 - Photography Workshop: On the Horizon

BART 92A08 · Spring semester 2025-2026

Language of tuition
English
Course type
Atelier artistique du Collège
Number of hours
24
Credits
3

Information

Description

Each student will produce a photographic series related to the common theme "On the horizon". The idea is to combine the practice of photography and create a personal work. The first sessions of this workshop will be dedicated to train before to do the final project. Through light exercices, the students will focus on the composition, the framing, the light, the point of view, etc. It is also a question, with these exercises, of exploring the given theme by testing different photographic and artistic approaches, such as collage, self-portrait, still life, etc. The following sessions will be devoted to define a specific subject chosen by each student related to the common theme, the shooting of the individual series, the selection of photographs and the presentation of the works

Prerequisites

This workshop is intended for students who wish to learn photography and who have not followed the 2022/2023 photography workshops entitled "Internet and emotions" and "Decision to leave".

Teaching format

At the end of the course, the student is expected to :

1°) Workshop

2°) Individual work

Assessment

To validate the course, the student is expected to pass the following assignments ):

1°) Diligence in carrying out the exercises – courses 1 to 5 (30%)…………………………………………..

2°) Production of a photographic series – courses 6 to 9 (50%) ...............................................................

3°) Presentation of his/her work – courses 10 to 12 (20%)……………………………………………………

Readings

Main readings 1

  1. Robert Franck : series "In America" - the Guggenheim trip, 1955 - 1957

Further readings 4

  1. Cindy Sherman : series "Rear Screen Projections", "Untitled film stills"

  2. Francesca Woodman

  3. Mary Ellen Mark

  4. Richard Avedon : series "In the American west"

Teaching units

Unit no.Unit type Teaching unitsTeachers Number of hoursCredits
55382Atelier artistique du Collège Photography Workshop - On the Horizon Gaela BLANDY243

Teachers

  • Gaela BLANDY

In the curricula

Contacts and resources

Contact
BENOIT Aurélie