Photography 1 Art 141 Northwestern Connecticut Community College Michael Yurgeles, Instructor
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Pittsburg Gazette
Image Making
Pinhole Lens
Camera Obscura
camera obscura=“dark room”
Abelardo Morell
“Giphantie” A Magic Mirror
PHOTOGRAPHY TODAY: Analog (mostly silver based) Digital
WHY STUDY “OLD SCHOOL” PHOTOGRAPHY? Established art medium Learn design (elements & principles) Learn to use camera controls creatively Unique product with artistic and commercial viability (Example) (Example) Archival advantages
Dirck Halstead
GENRES of photography: Journalism Commercial/Advertising Fine Art Scientific Personal
MATERIALS FOR THIS COURSE 35 mm film camera Photographic paper 35 mm black & white film HEADS UP- NOT this film: C41 PROCESS ONLY!!!!! Can't do it in our lab.
COURSE RESOURCES TEXT: Black & White Photography: A Basic Manual by Henry Horenstein
COURSE RESOURCES Workbook by Kim Mosley
COURSE RESOURCES -Library -World Wide Web -Course websiteCourse website -museums & galleries
COURSE OUTCOMES -Working knowledge of your cameras creative controls. -Familiarity with photographers working from the invention of photography to the present. -Application of method(s) to evaluate photographic images. -Portfolio of prints.