Histogram and Lens Type

Ansel Adams

Depth of Field

Paper Outline

Answer 5 questions below in 3 pages and include one image from photographer
1.  Look (example-lighting, composition)
2.  Process ( example - how photographed, what camera used )
3.  Bio ( Key points to photographers life )
4.  Time Period ( how photographs connect to events in time period )
5.  Subject ( description of subject example - describe who person is in photograph.

For a list of other ideas that maybe connected to the above headings see syllabus.

Shutter speed exercise

1. Camera Stable subject moving. 8 seconds/16 seconds/ and slower
2. Camera moving subject stable. 2 seconds / 4 seconds / 8 seconds
3. Camera moved 2-3 times during exposure.  16 seconds and slower

Mamie Labarge (Start 14:30)

Albumen Print

Calendar Update

Week 1

August 27

• Class Introduction

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Week 2

September 3

• Lighting & Basic camera terminology

• Joseph Nicephore Niepce, Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre

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Week 3

September 10

• Portrait framing and composing a picture

• Nadar, Julia Margaret Cameron, Carleton Watkins, Timothy O’Sullivan

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Week 4

September 17

• Shutter Speed & types of cameras

• Jacob Riis, Lewis Hine, Edward S. Curtis

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Week 5

September 24

• Photographer Research Paper Due

• Aperture & types of camera lens

• Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Atget

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Week 6

October 1

• Camera Obscura & Review study guide for midterm

• Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham, Paul Strand

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Week 7

October 8

Midterm

• Collage ( Materials - Scissors & a Stick of Glue & Magazines )

• Man Ray, Hannah Hoch, Alexander Rodchenko

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Week 8

October 15
• Photogram ( Object or objects to place on photo paper for exposure )

• Walker Evans, August Sander, Albert Renger-Patzsch
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Week 9

October 22

• Exhibition Review Due

• Create Pinhole/box camera ( Materials - Shoe box or similar size of shoe box & duct tape )

• Andre Kertesz, Henri Cartier Bresson, Manuel Alverez Bravo

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Week 10

October 29

• Use Pinhole camera

• Tomatsu Shomie, Takuma Nakahira

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Week 11

November 5

• Introduce final project & Digital Photography Overview

• Robert Capa, Robert Frank, Gary WInnogrand, Lee Frielander, Roy deCarava, William Eggleston

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Week 12

November 12

• Checklist for content in notebook

• Seydou Keita, Bernd and Helda Becher,Rineke Dijstra, Jacqueline Hassink, Diane Arbus

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Week 13

November 19

• Notebook Due

• Carrie Mae Weems, Cindy Sherman, Thomas Struth, Andreas Gursky, Rinko Kawauchi

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Week 14

December 3

• Critique Final Project

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Week 15

December 10

• Final Test

Jacob Riis Lighting

Portrait Exercise

Carleton Watkins

Julia Margaret Cameron

Wet Collodian Process

List of Photographers

1.     Joseph Nicephore Niepce. View from his Window at Le Gras. Ca.1827.

2.     Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre. Boulevard du Temple. 1838.

3.     William Henry Fox Talbot. The Open Door. 1844.

4.     NADAR

5.     Timothy O’sullivan

6.     Mathew Brady

7.     Julia Margaret Cameron

8.     Carleton Watkins

9.     Edward S. Curtis

10.  Jacob Riis

11.  Adam Clark Vroman

12.  Atget

13.  Alfred Stieglitz. The Steerage. 1907.

14.  Jacques-Henri Lartigue

15.  Paul Strand

16.  Edward Steichen

17.  Alexander Rodchenko

18.  Albert Renger-Patzsch

19.  Hannah Hoch

20.  Man Ray

21.  August Sander

22.  Margaret Bourke White

23.  Edward Weston

24.  Imogen Cunningham

25.  Walker Evans

26.  Henri Cartier Bresson

27.  Andre Kertesz

28.  Manuel Álvarez Bravo

29.  Dorothea Lange

30.  Ansel Adams

31.  Robert Capa

32.  Robert Frank

33.  Bernd and Helda Becher

34.  Tomatsu Shomie

35.  Takuma Nakahira

36.  Vivian Maier

37.  Diane Arbus

38.  Seydou KeïtaSeydou Keïta

39.  Gary WInnogrand

40.  Lee Friedlander

41.  Roy deCarava

42.  William Eggleston

43.  Cindy Sherman

44.  Carrie Mae Weems

45.  Rineke Dijkstra

46.  JACQUELINE HASSINK

47.  Thomas Struth

48.  Andreas Gursky

49.  Rinko Kawauchi

50.  Pieter Hugo

Research Paper

1.  Research project

Research: A paper on a historical or contemporary photographer, and the significance of their work to photography as an art form. Three pages of text or more required.  A list of photographers is provided or you may select a photographer of personal interest.  Please cite any sources used for the paper and include an example of your research topic’s photographs.

Due Wednesday, September 24, 2016.  200 points possible

Points to consider:

a.      Photographer’s date and place of birth.

b.      Education and photographic training.

c.      How did the photographer make a living?

d.      Type of photographic equipment utilized?

e.      Subject matter in the photographs.

f.       Creative and contemporary influences in the work.

g.      Working method to make photographic images.

h.      Select one photograph by the photographer and discuss why you think the image is a good photograph.  Why did you select that particular image?

i.       Quotes by the photographer about their photographs.

j.       Quotes by others about the photographer’s work.

k.      Where is the photographer’s photographic work displayed and/or published?

l.       Your thoughts on why this photographer’s work is important to the history of photographic art.

William Henry Fox Talbot

Daguerreotype