ART 1104 - Art as Experience: Photography

(ALC-AAP, LA-AAP)

Summer. 3 credits. Student option grading.

Counts as free elective credit for B.F.A. students; counts as humanities or free out-of-department elective credit for B.Arch. students.

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This course introduces students to the technical, aesthetic and conceptual aspects of lens-based photography. Students will work with digital and or film photographic processes. Summer offerings may alternate between digital and film photography, depending on the instructor. They will learn the principles of capturing an image, managing, and editing. They will also practice the proper techniques of fine-tuning an image.

This course challenges the student to broadly explore photography and apply the concepts and techniques learned to create work that is innovative and compelling. Students will learn the fundamentals of seeing and articulating their vision through photography. They will develop the capacity to produce well-crafted and effectively structured images that communicate meaningful content.