STUDY PROGRAMME
Design

AFAM CODE
ABTEC40

DISCIPLINARY AREA
Multimedia design

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
Multimedia languages

CREDITS
6

APPROACH
Theoretical/project based

Photography as an expression of creativity belongs to the arts, in particular to that kind of artistic production where mind, creativity and sense of planning of the author come into play - whether a fashion designer, a graphic designer, or an artist. The course doesn’t intend to teach analogic or digital photography techniques: it aims to a basic understanding of how to “see” and “read” photographic images, within the scope of modern planning processes where disciplines, ideas and the photographic mean often intertwine.

The programme consists of one single module, which grants 6 CFA credits.

Successful students will be able to:

• Complete an artistic photography project

• Complete a commercial photography project

• Manage post-production

• Understand and handle still life in photography

• Artistic photography

• Commercial photography

• How to read photographic images

• Image creation and production techniques

• Analogic and digital experimentation

• Post-production

• Lay-out and printing

This is a theoretical/project based course.

Students will take part in the following activities, which may vary depending on the development of different projects:

• Classroom lectures

• Use of tutorials, videos or other media tools

• Exercises and revisions

• Workshops

• Individual or group projects

• Individual or group study and research

Assessment tools may include:

• Oral exams

• Written exams

• Graded exercises/revisions

Further details about the exams will be provided by the professors.

• Kobré, K., Brill, B. (2008) Photojournalism: The Professional’s Approach, ed. Focal Press.

• Newton, J. H. (2000) The Burden of Visual Truth. The role of photojournalism in mediating reality, ed. Routledge.

• Hall, S., Evans, J., Nixon, S. (2013) Representation. Cultural representations and Signifying practices, ed. Sage Publications Ltd.

Many of the recommended sources, together with additional material, are also available online on MyNaba, in the Library section.

Books and resources might be requested or suggested by the professors.