Week 9 / March 19 and March 21

Work activity: printing for critique

Critique Assignment #3 on Thursday

Presentations: PHOTOGRAPHING AT NIGHT and HOPPER’S INFLUENCE ON PHOTOGRAPHY: Edward Hopper, Walker Evans, Stephen Shore, Willaim Eggleston, Robert Adams, Harry Callahan, Todd Hido, Gregory Crewdson and others

Reading: In a Lonely Place, Gregory Crewdson

Introduction to 4x5 camera

Video tutorials

Assignment #4 - A State of Mind (5 sheets)

We’ve discussed perspectives on the beauty and darkness of the American vernacular and Edward Hopper’s influence on American photographers and filmmakers who explore themes of mystery, sadness, alienation, and desire.  Expose 5 sheets of 4x5 film revealing how color, light, space, and symbols can suggest possibilities of psychological and emotional states.  You might consider photographing environments without human presence such as domestic or other kinds of interiors and/or natural, suburban, or urban landscapes.  Consider how time-of-day influences the mood of the scene and our perception of the mundane.  

Bring processed film to class on Tuesday, April 2. Two prints are due for critique on Thursday, April 11. 

Spring Break / March 11 - 15

There will be limited open lab hours during the university's spring break.

Week 8 / March 5 and March 7

2 exposed rolls of film from Assignment #3 due on Tuesday

In-class work activity: scanning and making digital contact sheets and prints

Week 7 / Feb. 26 and Feb. 28

Critique Assignment #2 (4 prints)

In-class work activity: scanning, making digital contact sheets and prints

Week 6 / Feb. 19 and Feb. 21

In-class work activity: scanning and printing Assignment #2

Presentation: Intimacy, Autobiography, Community and Subculture

Reading:  Introduction to the Boston School, Lia Gangsito

Assignment #3 [Documenting Your Community]: This assignment encourages you to explore the notion of community - what "community" means to you personally. You can photograph friends, classmates, neighbors or a group of which you are a part.  Take pictures of a number of different people who are connected to one another by belonging to this community and what it is they share - ethnic identity, religious affiliations, living in proximity to one another, mutual interests or something else.  Your photographs can represent them individually or together or a mix of both. Shoot 2 rolls of film (due Tuesday, March 5) and 4 prints (due Tuesday, March 19).

Week 5 / Feb. 12 and Feb. 14

2 exposed rolls of film from Assignment #2 due on Tuesday

In-class work activity: shooting, scanning, making digital contact sheets and

prints

Critique Assignment #1 (6 prints) – guest photographer Rachel Boillot

Visiting Artist Lecture,  Rachel Boillot, Thursday, Feb. 14 at 7pm

Week 4 / Feb. 5 and Feb. 7

Review scanners

In-class work activity: scanning and making digital contact sheets and prints