Aesthetics and Practice Photography

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course introduces students to historical aesthetic practices and movements that have defined the development of creative photography. Students investigate the trends that have arisen from European, American and Australian creative photographic practice, emerging from the context of their historical beginnings, and continuing to influence current photographic practice. Students study selected photographers whose creative work epitomizes these various movements. Students are introduced to advanced digital photographic image capture, workflow, processing, and manipulation. Using these skills and knowledge, they produce a creative body of work based on their exploration of the historical aesthetic practices introduced in this course. Students investigate the production of digital photographic prints; looking at digital enhancement for printing, file formats, and the effects of printing on various paper stocks.