2017-18 Spring
(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)
- Appreciate the history and development of photography
- Describe the characteristics of contemporary art photography and appreciate the master works
- Understand basic concepts, theories and techniques of photography
- 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
- Barbara London & John Upton, Photography, Prentice Hall, 10th Edition, 2010. (Ch. 1-4, 7, 9-11, 17 & 18)
- Charlotte Cotton, The Photograph as Contemporary Art, Thames & Hudson, 2004. (Introduction and Ch. 1)
Enrolment Details
Course Registration : 25-26 Jan 2018Add/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