Spring 2006

Week 1 (1/17-1/19)
1/17 - Course/facility orientation, basic camera operation
1/19 - Camera optics/mechanics
1/19 - Slide presentations: Early History, Still Life
1/19 - Introduce Assignment 1: Typology
(Read Horenstein 1-7)

Week 2 (1/24-1/26)
1/24 - Film developing, lab
1/26 - Printing contact sheets, lab
1/26 - Slide presentation: Social Documentary/Photojournalism
(Read Horenstein 8)

Week 3 (1/31-2/2)
1/31 - Printing enlargements, lab
2/2 - Dodging and burning, lab
(Read Horenstein 9-10)

Week 4 (2/7-2/9)
2/7 - Lab
2/7 - Slide Presentation: Narrative
2/7 - Introduce Assignment 2: Narrative Sequence
2/9 - Critique for Assignment 1: Typology

Week 5 (2/14-2/16)
2/14 - Lighting, handheld light meters, lab
2/16 - Lab

Week 6 (2/21-2/23)
2/21 - OPTIONAL LAB DAY (email instructor to schedule individual meetings)
2/23 - NO CLASS
2/25 - CHICAGO TRIP

Week 7 (2/28-3/2)
2/28 - Critique for Assignment 2: Narrative
3/2 - Critique for Assignment 2: Narrative (cntd.)
3/2 - Slide Presentations: Text and Image, Composite
3/2 - Introduce Assignment 3: Text and Image

Week 8 (3/7-3/9)
3/7 - Photoshop, digital editing
3/9 - Photoshop (cntd.), slide/negative digitization, lab

Week 9 (3/14-3/16)
3/14 - Lab
3/14 - Slide presentations: Staged/Constructed Set, Performance
3/14 - Introduce Assignment 4: Fiction
3/16 - Lab

Week 10 (3/21-3/23)
SPRING BREAK

Week 11 (3/28-3/30)
3/28 - Critique for Assignment 3: Text and Image
3/28 - Slide presentation: Installation/Intervention
3/28 - Introduce Assignment 5: Installation/Intervention
3/30 - Critique for Assignment 3: Text and Image (cntd.)

Week 12 (4/4-4/6)
4/4 - Film screening: War Photographer
4/4 - Introduce Assignment 6: Photography in Film
4/6 - Film screening: Blow Up
4/6 - Photoshop demo: color

Week 13 (4/11-4/13)
4/11 - Lab, group meetings re. Installation/Intervention
4/13 - Critique for Assignment 4: Fiction

Week 14 (4/18-4/20)
4/18 - Film screening: Rear Window
4/18 - Lab
4/20 - Copystand/slide demo, lab

Week 15 (4/25-4/27)
4/25 - Submit Assignment 6: Photography in Film
4/25 - Lab
4/27 - Critique for Assignment 5: Installation/Intervention

Week 16 (5/2)
5/2 - Critique for Assignment 5: Installation/Intervention