COURSE NUMBER AND TITLE 510-294-DW Imaging Themes (Photography 1, section 1)
INSTRUCTOR Andres Manniste
INSTITUTION Dawson College
PROGRAM Photography
SEMESTER Winter 2009
OBJECTIVE AND COMPETENCY: To critique works of visual arts and to assess the photographic potential of social phenomena
OFFICE & TELEPHONE Office: 2G6-3 Telephone: 931-8731, ext. 3203
amanniste@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
SYLLABUS
Week 1 (January 22): (Classroom: 4G3) Lecture: Introduction to course, intoduction to basic design.
Early Photography and the Artist (Slideshow)
Week 2: (January
29, Classroom: 4G3) Lecture: The Portrait, review of basic design principles.
The Portrait (Slideshow)
PROJECT 1: THE PORTRAIT (three view points), presentation of project (20%)
Reading: Jonathan Jones and Gerard Seenan (2004) "The
camera today? You can't
trust
it.
Hockney
sparks
a
debate",
Guardian
Unlimited, March 4, 2004.
Homework: Tear sheets of compositional organizations, make an inventory
of electronic resources.
Written proposals( How
to write a Project.) and preliminary work.
Surfing: Robert Leggat, PORTRAITURE from The History of Photography
Jeanne Ivy, The Self Portrait
Week 3: (February 5,
Lab: 4G13) Discussion of tear sheets
Written proposals and preliminary work due. Discussion of proposals.
Week 4: (February 12, Lab: 4G13) Studio work
Week
5: (February 19, Lab: 4G13) *Project
#1 THE PORTRAIT due
Week 6: (February 26)
Presentation of Project
#1, group discussion.
PROJECT 2: THE DOCUMENTARY(News), Social phenomena (link to slides) include all behavior which influences or is influenced by
organisms sufficiently alive to respond to one another.
Homework: Written proposal for a documentary (5%) How
to write a Project.
Week 7: (March 5, Classroom: 4G3)
Presentation of Project
#1, group discussion.
Week 8:
(March 12, Lab: 4G13, MID-TERM)
Lecture: The origins of creativity
*Written proposal for a documentary due.
MID-TERM BREAK March 16-20
Presentations of documentary
proposals, discussion and methods. (25%)
Lab: Independent work session, working on documentary.
Week
10: (April 2, Classroom: 4G3) *Documentary
assignment due.
Presentation of Project
#2, group discussion.
Homework: Written self-critique(5%)
Introduction to PROJECT 3: GROUP WORK/CONCEPTUAL APPROACH (Death of the object)
Conceptual photography (link to slides)
Working in groups- preparatory work. Homework: Final Project written proposals (5%)
Week 11: (April 9, Classroom:
4G3)
Analysis
of project proposals and formation of groups. (25%)
Week
12: (April 16, Lab: 4G13)
Lab: Work session
*Written proposal for final project due.
Week
13: (April 23, Lab: 4G13)
Lab: Work session
Project 3: Death of the object
The final project may be approached in many ways:
1. The photographer as the artist. You create and participate in the documentation of an artwork. The documentation is part of the artwork.
2. Photography for documentation:The photographer as an outside observer and recorder of a conceptual object or performance.
3. The photographer as a collaborator: Works with another artist in the creation of an event.
The project must be a concrete document. Think about scale, transformation and presentation.
Week 14: (April
30, Lab: 4G13)
Lab: Work session
Week 15: (May 7, Lab: 4G13) *Presentations and discussion
*Written
self-critique of project due. (How to do a self-critique)