The major emphasis is on the individual's learning to identify and articulate a personal response to his or her environment through the medium of photography. Students design their own projects and work under the guidance of the professor. Traditional silver, as well as nonsilver, photography techniques may be utilized. Topics covered include post-modernism, genderism, pornography, censorship, altered images, connoisseurship and others. The course format allows review and exploration of such themes as the landscape, the nude, portraiture, conceptual art, trompe l'oeil and so on.
Students prepare an oral debate or a written term paper.
Students develop a working knowledge of the roles of women both as subjective content in images and as creators of values and ideas in the visual form. Lectures and experiences are oriented to encourage awareness of shared concepts in the other arts, goals set by working artists and the relevance of the history of the visual arts to the student's work. 553 Special Topics Topics of current or special interest designed to broaden and intensify the students' ability to use photography as a mean of communication and expression. A basic, hands-on course in gallery operation to include gallery management and aesthetics. Course work is done with actual shows in the RIT photo gallery and other galleries where appropriate.