2012-13 Fall
(HART 1012)
1 Credit | Can be used to fulfill Common Core Requirement (Core Elective: Arts Area)
Teaching Medium: English
An introduction to the art and expression of photography through brief lectures, hands-on activities and field trip. 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. Those interested in furthering the artistic skills and gaining hands-on experience with this art form may enroll in the non-credit co-curricular workshops.
- 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
- Explain the relationship between photography and society by understanding the meanings behind different photographic images
- Experience using photo as documentary tool to record facts and explore ideas, and as a medium of expression and communication
Week 1: The nature of a photograph: as artistic expression, document, commercial promotion or journalistic communication
Week 2: Photographic attributes – relationship between shutter speed, lens and aperture
Week 3: Composition, color and control of light
Week 4: Photography and Society
Week 5-6: Field trip & Presentation on photos taken
Week 7: Photos and Texts
Week 8: Introduction to Contemporary Art Photography
Week 9: Photo collage (or known as Photomontage)
Week 10: Introduction to Portrait Photography
Week 11: Introduction to Contemporary Hong Kong Art Photography
Week 12-13: Presentation & Critique – Individual Project
- 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 : 09-09 Oct 2024Add/Drop : 09-09 Oct 2024
Instructor
Leon SUEN
Assessment
| Attendance | 10% |
| Basic practice skills (In-class exercises) | 50% |
| Individual Project | 40% |