Week 10 / March 26 and March 28

Unloading 4x5 film as group and shipping to lab

5 sheets due Monday, April 2
2 prints due Monday, April 9

Discuss final projects and project proposals

Final project proposals due Monday, April 9

Film screening: Manufactured Landscapes 

Week 9 / March 19 and March 21

In-class work activity: practice loading film and operating 4x5 cameras

Assignment #4 - A State of Mind (5 sheets)
We’ve discussed perspectives on the beauty and darkness of the American vernacular and Edward Hopper’s influence on American photographers and filmmakers who explore themes of mystery, sadness, alienation, and desire.  Expose 5 sheets of 4x5 film revealing how color, light, space, and symbols can suggest possibilities of psychological and emotional states.  You might consider photographing environments without human presence such as domestic or other kinds of interiors and/or natural, suburban, or urban landscapes.  Consider how time-of-day influences the mood of the scene and our perception of the mundane.  

Bring processed film to class on Monday, March 26 (if possible). Two prints are due for critique on Monday, April 2. 

Week 8 / March 12 and March 14

Presentations: PHOTOGRAPHING AT NIGHT and HOPPER’S INFLUENCE ON PHOTOGRAPHY: Edward Hopper, Walker Evans, Stephen Shore, Willaim Eggleston, Robert Adams, Harry Callahan, Todd Hido, Gregory Crewdson and others

Reading: In a Lonely Place, Gregory Crewdson

Introduction to 4x5 camera

Video tutorials:
Loading 4x5 film sheets
Basic 4x5 camera outfits 
View camera movements
Large format lenses
Demo 4x5 shooting process 

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.