Course detail

Studio I - Photography - winter

FaVU-B1FO-ZAcad. year: 2017/2018

Studies: 1. Still life. 2. The body. 3. Landscape. 4. Architecture in black and white photography
old photographic techniques

black and white photography technology
- the basics of exposure and sentivity measuring
the basics of lighting
working with medium-format and large-formats cameras
working in the darkroom
semester exhibition project

photographic field trip (workshop)
semester exhibition project

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. MgA. Ivars Gravlejs, Ph.D.

Department

Photography Studio (AFO)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will master the black-and-white analog photography through practical experience with old photographic techniques. They will have to accomplish the given assignments creatively and innovatively.

Prerequisites

Students will elaborate on their knowledge in photographic technology, lighting principles, working with medium-format and large-format cameras, black-and-white photography, and light measuring.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

credits and exam

Course curriculum

semester exhibition project

photographic field trip (workshop)
semester exhibition project

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Students will master the analog black-and-white negative/positive technology on a professional level working in gradual steps on successive assignments.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Arnheim, Rudolf: Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1974 (EN)
Barthes, Roland: Světlá komora - poznámky k fotografii, Agite/Fra, 2005 (CS)
Berger, John: O pohledu, Agite/Fra, 2009 (CS)
Birgus, Vladimír Mlčoch, Jan: Česká fotografie 20. století: průvodce. Praha, KANT, 2005 (CS)
Rosenblum, Naomi: A World History of Photography, New York, 1989 (EN)
Sontagová, Susan: O fotografii, Barrister & Principal, Paseka, 2002 (CS)
Warner Marien, Mary: Photography: A Cultural History, Laurence King Publishing, London, 2002 (EN)
Wells, Liz (ed.), Photography: A Critical Introduction, London and New York: Routledge, 2nd edn, 2000 (EN)

Type of course unit

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. MgA. Ivars Gravlejs, Ph.D.

Seminar

156 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. MgA. Ivars Gravlejs, Ph.D.