Week 6 / Oct. 2 and Oct. 11

Film screening at 7pm in Ball Hall Auditorium: Mommy, Xavier Dolan

Lecture and discussion: Intimacy, Family, Community and Subculture 

Reading: Chapter 6: “Moments in History” 

Student presentations on contemporary photographers

Week 5 / Sept. 25 and Sept. 27

Field trip: meet at Reece Museum on Tuesday. Sept. 25 at 6pm for Liz Miller's on The Shoreline Project exhibition

Lecture and discussion: Perception and the Everyday

In-class work activity: research and lab time

Reading: Chapter 5, 'Intimate Life'

Artist Affinities research and writing assignment:

Research another artist who informs and inspires your current project.  Write a one-page paper including biographical information and a summary/analysis of the artist's work, with emphasis on a specific body or bodies of work that relate(s) to your own work. Highlight examples and write concrete descriptions of and commentary about individual images. Prepare a slide presentation of approximately 20 images.  You can create a PowerPoint presentation or create a folder of images which we can view in Bridge's slide show.  Ideal image size for presentation is 768x1024px, but images can be slightly smaller or larger.  If you are searching for images on the the Web, please search for LARGE images.  You can also photograph or scan images from books for better results. Your presentation can include video under 10 min. but must also include still images. You will be presenting your paper and slide show on Thursday, October 4th. Presentations will be approximately 20min.

Week 4 / Sept. 18 and Sept. 20

Lecture and discussion: The Deadpan

Project proposals and materials' requests due on Tuesday, Sept. 18

Individual meetings to discuss proposals

In-class work activity: lab time

Assigned Reading: Chapter 4, 'Something and Nothing'

Week 3 / Sept. 11 and Sept. 13

Lecture and discussion: Storytelling and Staging

Film screening: Gregory Crewdson, Brief Encounters

In-class work activity: discuss and develop project proposals

Reading: Chapter 3, 'The Deadpan'

Week 2 / Sept. 4 and Sept. 6

Lecture and discussion: Strategies, Happenings and Performance

Screening: Art Safari / Sophie Calle

Student Presentations on influential photographers' websites

Reading: Chapter 2, 'Once Upon a Time'