Photography Practises I

Code:

PFI211

Acronym:

PFI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Fine Arts

Instance: 2014/2015 - 1S (of 15-09-2014 to 13-02-2015)

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://esquerdadireitaesquerda.wordpress.com
Responsible unit:	Fine Arts Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Fine Arts

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
AP	25	Official Study Plan 2011	3	-	4,5	64	121,5
			4

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The aim of Photography Practises I is to provide an introduction to photographic device, developing procedures implicit in laboratory practice: handling of equipment and materials used in the context of the photographic record in small and medium format cameras, lighting techniques, developing and enlarging on film and paper.
The technical instruction classes provide students with the competence to correctly use the equipments and materials of the black/white photographic process, as well as other primitive photographic techniques.
The course is organized in sequential practical workshops.

Learning outcomes and competences

- Correct use of equipment and materials used in the context of analog photographic process alongside other techniques of primitive photography and digital production.

- Identification of methods and timing of the different stages of production of a photographic project.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Doesn't apply.

Program

1. ANALOG CAMERAS CAMCORDERS
- Image Format (Large, Medium and Small Format).
- Viewfinder: Direct and Reflex (Mono Lenses - SLR / Dual Lens - TLR).
- Other formats camera: Pinhole, Polaroid, and Panoramic.

2. LENSES
- Focal Length.

3. DIAPHRAGM AND SHUTTER
- Scale of apertures.
- Definition of depth of field: variation factors.
- Types of Shutter: leaf and focal plane.
- Range of exposure times and their proportionality.
- Definition of movement and speed.

4. LIGHTS AND FILM
- Incident light and reflected light.
- The components of the film.
- Speed and film grain.
- Exposure of the film.

5. LABORATORY WORK
- Developers and revelation: components and conservation.
- Process development, washing and drying.
- Characteristics of photo papers.
- Multigrade Filters.
- Contact Proof/ Proof Test.
- Mask: Decrease and increase localized exposure.

6. LIGHT IN STUDIO
- Lighting with flash sync.
- Control of the background tones.
- Flash meter and other accessories.
- Reflectors.
- Introduction to medium format cameras.

Mandatory literature

William H. F. Talbot, ; The Pencil of Nature, 1844
Charles Baudelaire; Le public moderne et la photographie, 1859
Lewis Carroll; Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 1865
Henry P. Robison; Pictorial Effect in Photography, 1869
Editora Photographia Moderna; A Arte Photographica, 1884
Siegfried Kracauer; Photography, 1927
Laszlo Moholy Nagy; Malerei, Fotografie, Film, 1925
Walter Benjamin; Kleine Geschichte der Photographie (Pequena História da Fotografia), 1931
Walter Benjamin; Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit (A obra de arte na era da reprodutibilidade técnica, 1936
James Agee; Walker Evans; Let us now praise famous men, 1941
Henri Cartier Bresson; L’instant decisif, 1952
Robert Frank; Les Americains, 1958
Vitor Palla; Costa Martins; , Lisboa, Cidade Triste e Alegre, 1959
Pierre Bourdieu; Photographie, un art moyen, essai sur les usages sociaux de la photographie, 1965
Helmut & Alison Gernsheim; , The History of Photography 1685-1914, 1969
William M. Ivins Jr.; Prints and Visual Communication, 1969
John Berger; Ways of seeing, 1972
Giséle Freund; Photographie et société, 1974
Ando Gilardi; Storia Sociale de la Fotografia, 1976
Larry Sultan, Mike Mendel; Evidence, 1977
Carlos Oliveira; Finisterra, 1978
Herberto Helder; Photomaton & Vox, 1979
Susan Sontag; On Photography, 1979
Roland Barthes; La chambre claire. Note sur la photographie, 1980
Beaumont Newhal; lThe History of Photography: from 1839 to the Present, revised and enlarged 5th edition, 1982
Fernando Pessoa; O livro do desassossego, 1982
Fernando Pessoa; O livro do desassossego, 1982
John Tagg; , The Burden of representation essays on photographic histories, 1988
Richard Bolton (ed.); The Contest of Meaning: Critical Histories of Photography, 1989
Jorge Calado; 1839-1989, Um ano depois/ One year later,., 1990
Pedro Miguel Frade; Figuras de Espanto, a fotografia antes da sua cultura, 1992
Jean Rabb; Literature and Photography Interactions 1840-1990, 1995
Eduardo Cadava; Words of Light, Theses on the photography of history, 1997
António Sena,; História da Imagem Fotográfica em Portugal, 1839-1997, 1998
Stephen Shore; , The Nature of Photography,., 2007
Richard Benson; The Printed Picture, 2008
Vaclav Macek (Ed.); , The History of European Photography (vol. 1) 1900-1938,., 2011
Carlos Spottorno,; The Pigs,, 2013

Teaching methods and learning activities

Through this teaching schedule, we expect and intend to encourage an experimental work that reflects about photographic device and leads to the creation of images, both from the technical and conceptual points of view, giving emphasis to their integration into a narrative context.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	5,00
Trabalho laboratorial	95,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	50,00
Trabalho laboratorial	42,00
Total:	92,00

Eligibility for exams

Calculation formula of final grade

The final evaluation is done by analysis of work in a complementary component to the technological practice what is taught in class.
The proposed work are not properly monitored during its implementation will not be considered for the final evaluation.

Proposal 1 — 10% [2/ 20 valores]

Proposal 2 — 35% [7/ 20 valores]

Proposal 3 — 35% [7/ 20 valores]

Proposal 4 — 20% [4/ 20 valores]

Examinations or Special Assignments

Doesn't apply.

Internship work/project

Doesn't apply.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Doesn't apply.

Classification improvement

Doesn't apply.

Observations

Doesn't apply.