Undergraduate Photography
The undergraduate program in photography encourages students to utilize 19th, 20th, and 21st century photographic processes as tools for creative expression. It is an exciting period of change in the history of the medium, and our program embraces the moment. Photo majors undertake aesthetically diverse projects, many of which integrate old and new photographic technologies. Students are asked to be articulate about their work, and to actively participate in class critiques, group discussions, writing exercises, readings, and cross-disciplinary work.
Introductory classes consist of two non-sequential technically oriented courses in which learning to see with lens-based vision and camera work is emphasized. Intermediate classes focus on large-format cameras, studio lighting, alternative image making techniques, and diverse digital processes. The advanced photography experience finds students working more independently than before, with the emphasis on scholarly investigation and longer term projects.
The photographic facilities are housed in the state-of-the-art Photo Lab, with the Computer Graphics Center nearby. This promotes a closer relationship between traditional and historic photographic processes and modern digital media. These combined facilities offer students in our program outstanding opportunities for taking an integrated approach to photographic image making.
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- A digital single lens reflex camera with manual control capability is a requirement for Introduction to Photography 372 starting in Spring Quarter 2009.
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