Syllabus and Course Outline

Art 124-Photography

Fall 2003 – Professor Calisch

Tuesday-Thursday 8:00 – 11:00

Photography is at once a science and an art...inseparably linked throughout its astonishing rise from a substitute for skill of hand to an independent art form.

                                                         (Beaumont Newhall, Historian)

Photography can be an extra sense, or a reservoir for the senses...Photography can teach people to look, to feel, to remember in a way that they didn't know they could.

                                                         (Edward H. Land, Inventor)

Photography is a language with which a knowledgeable photographer can produce records, reports, essays, diary entries-even poetry.

                                                         (Ansel Adams, Photographer)

The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each man to himself.

                                                         (Edward Steichen, Photographer)

Note:  All students must have a 35mm camera with the ability to be used on manual settings.  Additional equipment is helpful but strictly optional.  A list of supplies needed for the course will be distributed.

THURSDAY AUGUST 28

Course Intr                Textbook, grading policies, questionnaire, keys, materials

 list, course philosophy, handouts, tour of facilities

           Discussion:                   The Photographic Cliché

Reading assignment:      Due SEPTEMBER 2-Read handout “Seeing Photographs”

           Assignment:                  Due SEPTEMBER 4-Take one role of film (non-restricted)

                                                                                   Buy photo paper and supplies

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 2

           Discussion:                   Handout "Seeing Photographs"

           Slide Lecture:               "Photography as a Creative Medium"

LAB/DEMO                Set up shop—organizing for a successful experience

           Reading Assignment:  Due SEPTEMBER 4-Chapters 1,2,3

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 4

           Discussion:                   Composition exercise and "Barn" exercise

           LAB/DEMO                Process 1st role of film

Assignment:                  Due SEPTEMBER 9-Process film

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 8

EXHIBITION OPENING 8:00 – 9:30

Eric Dean Gallery and Permanent Collection Gallery

Captured Wilderness: The Landscape Photography of William Henry Jackson, David Underwood and David Taylor

A pioneer in landscape photography, W. H. Jackson set the standard by which western landscape photographers would be measured. These photographs, from the Wabash College Archives and made primarily on the Hayden Expeditions of the 1870’s, gave Americans a vision of the rugged power and beauty of the west. In addition two contemporary landscape photographers will be featured in this exhibition. David Taylor, an assistant professor at New Mexico State University, utilizes archival photographs in combination with his own aerial photos to create “photo constructions” that tell us about the physical and historical aspects of the landscape. David Underwood, Chair of the Art Department at Carson-Newman College, photographs traditional western landscapes in multiple sections. He then brings the components together in photo assemblages, which allows him to expand the boundaries of the single frame photograph.

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 9

           Discussion:                   Gallery Lecture with Visiting Artists

           Discussion:                   Chapters 1,2,3 and Evaluating Negatives

           Slide Lecture:               "Photograms: Composing with Light"

           Reading assignment:      Due SEPTEMBER 18-Chapters 4,5,6

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 11

           Discussion:                   Photographic puzzles

           LAB/DEMO                The Enlarger-Part 1

           Assignment:                  Due SEPTEMBER 16- Three Photograms

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 16

            CRITIQUE                 3 Photograms              

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18

           LAB/DEMO                The Enlarger- Part 2

Discussion:                   Chapters 4,5,6

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 23

            QUIZ

           Slide Lecture:               Texture, Pattern, Contrast

Assignment: Due OCTOBER 2-Three photographs: Texture, Pattern and Contrast

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 25

LAB/DEMO                Field Trip Photo Shoot-- Texture, Pattern, Contrast

BRING CAMERA AND ANY/ALL EQUIPMENT TO CLASS

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 30

           LAB/DEMO                In Class Photo Shoot--Light and the Common Object

           Assignment:                  Due OCTOBER 14-Two photographs- Light and the                                                               Common Object

BRING CAMERA AND ANY/ALL EQUIPMENT TO CLASS

THURSDAY OCTOBER 2

            CRITIQUE                 Three Photographs- Texture, Pattern and Contrast

           Slide Lecture                The Human Condition

           Reading Assignment:     Due OCTOBER 21-Chapters 7,8,9

TUESDAY OCTOBER 7

           LAB/DEMO                Field Trip Photo Shoot-- The Human Condition

           Assignment:                  Due OCTOBER 23-4 photographs- The Human Condition

BRING CAMERA AND ANY/ALL EQUIPMENT TO CLASS

THURSDAY OCTOBER 9

           LAB/DEMO                Field Trip Photo Shoot-- The Human Condition

           Assignment:                  Due OCTOBER 23-4 photographs The Human Condition

BRING CAMERA AND ANY/ALL EQUIPMENT TO CLASS

TUESDAY OCTOBER 14

            CRITIQUE                 Two Photographs - Light and the Common Object

THURSDAY OCTOBER 16

                                                MID SEMESTER BREAK--NO CLASS

TUESDAY OCTOBER 21     

           Discussion:                   Chapters 7,8,9

           LAB/DEMO                Dry Mounting, Matting, and Finish Work

           Slide Lecture:               “The Portrait in Photography”

THURSDAY OCTOBER 23

             MID-TERM CRITIQUES    15 minute individual critiques

TUESDAY OCTOBER 28

           Discussion:                   Robert Mapplethorpe and the 1st Amendment

           LAB/DEMO                Self portraits

           Assignment:                  Due November 4--3 Self Portraits

THURSDAY OCTOBER 30

           Slide Lecture &

           Discussion:                   “Pre and Post Visualization in Photography”

           Reading Assignment:     Due NOVEMBER 6--Read Surrealism Handout

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 4

            CRITIQUE                 3 Photographs: Self Portraits

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 6

           Discussion:                   Surrealism

           Slide Lecture:               “The Mysterious Image:  Surrealism      (Mirror)

Assignment:                  Due DECEMBER 4 - 1 Surreal Photograph                

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 11

           Slide Lecture:               Jerry Uelsmann And Photo Manipulation

           LAB/DEMO                Darkroom Manipulation

           Assignment:                  Due DECEMBER 4 - 1 Darkroom Manipulation

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13

           LAB/DEMO                “Computer Imaging Workshop”

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18

           LAB/DEMO                “Computer Imaging Workshop”

           Assignment:                  Due DECEMBER 4 - 1 Computer Manipulated Image

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20

           LAB/DEMO                Open work session—Calisch in the darkroom

TUESDAY AND THURSDAY 25 & 27

                                                No Class—Thanksgiving Break

TUESDAY DECMBER 2

           Slide Lecture:               Non-Traditional Photography

           LAB/DEMO                Alternative Darkroom Chemistry: Solarization,                                                               toners, Dyes, Developers etc.

           Final Assignment           Due Thursday- DECEMBER 11

THURSDAY DECEMBER 4

CRITIQUE                 Created Realities--One surreal image (Mirror), one darkroom manipulation, and one image created on the computer--A total of three photographs will be due

**SATURDAY DECEMBER 6**

ART DEPARTMENT BUS TRIP TO CHICAGO—OPTIONAL

TUESDAY DECEMBER 9

           LAB/DEMO                Open work session—Calisch in the Darkroom

           Assignment:                  Sign up for individual 15 minute critiques

THURSDAY DECEMBER 11

            FINAL CRITIQUES