2014-15 Summer

(HART 1012)

1 Credit | Can be used to fulfill Common Core Requirement (Core Elective: Arts Area)
Teaching Medium: English

Course Description

An introduction to the art and expression of photography through brief lectures, hands-on activities and field trips. In this course, students will learn about the history and development of photography, photographers who have helped shape our vision of the world and the great photographs they have made, basic photographic vocabularies, perspectives, concepts, theories and techniques. Students will also experience using photography as a documentary, communication and expressive medium. Upon the completion of this course, students will have a much deeper understanding of the power and breadth of photography through studying how it affected and reflected the societal and cultural changes in societies.

Remarks

Camera Requirement
Students need to bring a camera to class, which need not to be a professional one, but it should be equipped with either:

• aperture priority setting (e.g. A/ Av mode) ; OR
• manual setting (M mode)

Course Materials & Costing
Cost of photo printing & mounting for the individual projects will be borne by students with subsidy from the Office. Further details will be announced in class/ via Canvas.

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