Schedule
Fri, 1:40 PM - 4:40 PM (9/7/2026 - 12/16/2026) Location: SLC HEIM 210
Fri, 1:40 PM - 4:40 PM (9/7/2026 - 12/16/2026) Location: SLC HEIM 106
Description
This course will be an introduction to visual/photographic culture, studio art practices and theories, and photography in general through formal and conceptual experimentation. This course is designed to introduce students to: basic black and white darkroom practices—while encouraging play, chance and accidental miracles in the darkroom through solarization, chemical interactions, and image manipulation; alternative processes (like cyanotypes); pushing the formal limits of digital image production; and a critical understanding of historical and contemporary photographic theory and production. The course is designed to help students expand their notions of photography through trial and error. There is no such thing as failure—only research (or experimentation). The use of all technically possible media will be encouraged. We will have several group critiques and PowerPoint/video/film presentations of, and reading discussions about, historical and contemporary photography and art that engages with experimentation and pushing the boundaries of what constitutes “photography.”