Photography Practises I

Code:

PFI211

Acronym:

PFI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Fine Arts

Instance: 2014/2015 - 2S (of 16-02-2015 to 31-07-2015)

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	31	Official Study Plan 2011	2	-	4,5	64	121,5
			3
			4

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The aim of Photography Practices I is to provide technical and conceptual knowledge of the photographic medium, with the apprenticeship of hybrid process (analog vs. digital).

With the objective of understanding the specificity of the photographic media, students are introduced to specific technical knowledge, such as: handling of equipment and materials used in the context of the photographic record in small and medium format cameras, black and white laboratory practice, and lighting techniques.

The development of competences is made with the creation of individual and group proposals; it is valued an autonomous and critical perspective.

Learning outcomes and competences

The technical instruction classes provide students with the competence to use the equipment and materials of the analog photographic process, as well as other primitive photographic techniques.

The use of hybrid process for reproducing photography, in distinct exercises, enhance the specificity of the photographic medium, the range of formats to record and print, the notion of positive/ negative and transparent/ opaque, as well as the elements that composed the photographic frame: perspective, depth field, plan, orientation/format, color and sequence.

The tutorial attendance allows students to identify a proper work method and to schedule the different stages of production.

Working method

Presencial

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

Do not apply.

Program

1. ANALOG CAMERAS CAMCORDERS

- Pin-hole, cyanotype, camera less, polaroid, etc.

- Format (Large, Medium and Small).

- Viewfinder: Direct and Reflex (Mono Lenses - SLR / Dual Lens - TLR).

 

2. LENSES

- Focal Length.

 

3. APERTURE AND SHUTTER

- Scale of apertures.

- Definition of depth of field: variation factors.

- Types of shutter: leaf and focal plane.

- Range of exposure time and their proportionality.

- Definition of movement and speed.

 

4. FILM

- Components of film.

- Speed and sensibility.

 

5. LABORATORY

- 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

- Incident light and reflected light.

- 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
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

The course is organized in sequential practical workshops given in lab and studio, followed by theoretical classes.

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	50,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Calculation formula of final grade

During the semester are developed four exercises. The percentage for the final evaluation is:

Proposal 1 — 10% [2/ 20 values]


Proposal 2 — 35% [7/ 20 values]


Proposal 3 — 35% [7/ 20 values]


Proposal 4 — 20% [4/ 20 values]

All the work not properly monitored during its implementation will not be considered for the final evaluation.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Do not apply.

Internship work/project

Do not apply.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Do not apply.

Classification improvement

Do not apply.

Observations

Do not apply.