Week 7 / Feb. 26 and Feb. 28

In-class work activity: research and lab time

Instructor at faculty meeting between 9:45 - 11am

Critique of Assignment #4 on Wed. Feb. 28 during second half of class
4 prints due

Week 6 / Feb. 19 and Feb. 21

Critique Assignment #2 - 4 prints exploring "Everyday" subject matter

Presentation: Intimacy, Autobiography, Community and Subculture

Reading: Introduction to the Boston School, Lia Gangsito

Assignment #3: Documenting Your Community (2 rolls)
This assignment encourages you to explore the notion of community - what "community" means to you personally. You can photograph friends, classmates, neighbors or a group of which you are a part.  Take pictures of a number of different people who are connected to one another by belonging to this community and what it is they share - ethnic identity, religious affiliations, living in proximity to one another, mutual interests or something else.  Your photographs can represent them individually or together or a mix of both. Shoot two rolls of film (due Monday, Feb. 26) and 4 prints (due Wednesday, Feb. 28).

Week 5 / Feb. 12 and Feb. 14 and Visiting Artist Lecture on Feb. 16

2 exposed rolls of film from Assignment #2 due on Monday

In-class work activity: scanning, making digital contact sheets and prints
4 print due on Monday, Feb. 19

Extra Credit Assignment: 

Photography Lecture: McNair Evans, Ball Hall, 6pm

Write one-paragraph response about the lecture 

Week 4 / Feb. 5 and Feb. 7

In-class work activity: scanning, making digital contact sheets and prints

Critique Assignment #1: 6 prints due during second half of class on Wednesday, February 7

Shooting Assignment #2: Photographing the Everyday (2 rolls)

Compelling subject matter surrounds us in our everyday life. In class, we looked at work by Walker Evans, William Eggleston, Stephen Shore, Bill Owens, Marc Wise, and Martin Parr, among others. This assignment encourages students to investigate the multiple meanings of the idea of the “everyday” in photography and to develop the aesthetic and technical skills to transform the personal and the ordinary into artwork. Shoot two rolls of film at work, at home, from a window, on a walk in your neighborhood.  How can you turn the ordinary things around you into interesting photographs through your point-of-view?

Bring two processed rolls of film to class on Monday, February 12 for scanning.  Four prints due on Monday, February 19.