2017-18 Spring

Introduction to Photography

(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 an expressive medium to communicate their feelings or attitude of things around them. Upon the completion of this course, students will have basic photographic techniques and a deep understanding of how photography communicates with its audience, such that they will be in a better position to communicate visually with others.

Remarks

Class schedule 
All the classroom lessons in this course last for 2 hours. There are two weekend field trips which will last for 3 hours and you MUST attend both of them. Please refer to the Course Topics below for details. 

Camera Requirement
Students need to bring their OWN 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)


  1. Appreciate the history and development of photography
  2. Describe the characteristics of contemporary art photography and appreciate the master works
  3. Understand basic concepts, theories and techniques of photography
  4. Experience using photo as expressive tool to convey the photographer’s feelings and view point upon things happening around them.

Session 1: The nature of a photograph

Session 2: Photographic attributes

Session 3: Composition, color and control of light

Session 4: Expressiveness of Photography

Session 5-6: Field trip 1 & Presentation on photos taken

Session 7: Introduction to Contemporary Art Photography

Session 8: Introduction to Snap Shots Photography

Session 9: Artist Statement Writing

Session 10: Field Trip 2 & Presentation on photos taken

Session 11: Final Presentation Development & Exhibition

Session 12: Exhibition Dismantle

  1. Barbara London & John Upton, Photography, Prentice Hall, 10th Edition, 2010. (Ch. 1-4, 7, 9-11, 17 & 18)

  1. Charlotte Cotton, The Photograph as Contemporary Art, Thames & Hudson, 2004. (Introduction and Ch. 1)

Enrolment Details

Course Registration : 25-26 Jan 2018
Add/Drop : 01-14 Feb 2018


Instructor

Leon SUEN


Assessment

Attendance 10%
Individual Project 1 35%
Individual Project 2  55%

Class Schedule

Friday | 10:30 - 12:20
CYTG001

Sunday | Two Field Trips | 3Hrs
4 Mar : Lei Yu Mun
8 Apr : Shum Shui Po

No Class | 16 Feb, 16, 30 Mar & 20 Apr


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