This class introduces the students to the materials, techniques and aesthetics of making color photographs. Color prints will be made from color negative using the Colenta Processor. Aesthetics of color photography will be examined through group critiques and discussions of work by contemporary color photographers. A survey of the history and aesthetic concerns of photography. Presents a way of looking at photographs and of interpreting and recognizing certain historical and stylistic elements in portrait photography, photojournalism, advertising, documentary photography, and the family snapshot.
Emphasis is on the content and context of the works examined.
Specific topics from these areas to be selected each semester. The relevance of such visual elements as line, value, rhythm, form, space, and color in the composition of a figure rendering will be emphasized. Introduction of painting techniques in acrylic polymer, oil, and related media as they extend the concepts and practices of drawing and design programs. Emphasis placed upon the understanding of contemporary and traditional concepts in painting and the development of a personal aesthetic based on practical studio experience. A complete studio introduction to the working methods of the traditional woodcut, ultimately leading to various contemporary mixed media in relief.