Photography Practices

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PDF01

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Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Fine Arts

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

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	20	Plano de estudos de LAP_publicaçao em DR de 24/05/2021	3	-	6	60	162
			4

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The aim of Práticas da Fotografia is to conceive and produce an individual and original photographic project, along with the consolidation of previously acquired technical knowledge.

Autonomous and critical thinking is favoured in the technical and conceptual development of the project, capable of recognising the specificity of the photographic medium and experiencing it in relation to other media.

It is also intended to foster knowledge in contemporary photographic publication and exhibition practices.

Learning outcomes and competences

- Develop the proposed theme conceptually exploring the specificity of the photographic medium;
- Choosing and adapting project methodologies and respective scheduling of the different stages of production.
- Application of visual grammar in the development and design of the project.
- Rehearsal of different presentation formats and layout of the photographic image: exhibition, publication in paper and online.

Working method

Presencial

Program

The Photography Practices program is divided into two complementary modules, namely:

I. PROJECT
1. Discussion of project methodologies, scheduling and production of photographic portfolio.
2. Research, registration and publication (online) of the work process and other exercises.

II. EDITION / EXHIBITION
1. Photographic exhibition: selection, sequence, printing, scale, layout.
2. Photography book vs. Artist's book: formats, plans, notebooks, printing techniques, selection, sequence, pagination, binding, layout.

Mandatory literature

Mike Brodie ; A period of Juvenile Prosperity, Twin Palm Publishers, 2013
Gérard Castello-Lopes; Reflexões sobre a escala, Assírio & Alvim, 2004
William M. Ivins Jr.; Prints and Visual Communication, 1969
Nathan Lyons; Photographers on Photography, Prentice Hall, 1967
Alessandra Mauro; Photoshow. Landmark Exhibitions that Defined the History of Photography, Thames& Hudson, 2014
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy; Malerei, Fotografie, Film, Mit Press, 1969
Beaumont Newhall; The History of Photography, MoMA., 1982
Stephen Shore; The Nature of Photography, Phaidon Press., 2007
Georg Steidl; How to make a book with steidl, Steidl, 2007

Complementary Bibliography

Robert Adams; Beauty in  photography: essays in defence of tradicional values, Aperture, 2004
William Eggleston; William Eggleston’s Guide, MoMA, 2004
Horacio Hernandez; Fotografia pública, 1919-1939, Museo Nacional Del Prado, 1999
Stephen McLaren; Photographer’s Sketchbooks, Thames and Hudson., 2014
Beaumont Newhall; Photography: essays and images. , MoMA., 1980
António Sena,; História da Imagem Fotográfica em Portugal, 1839-1997, Porto Editora, 1998
Carlos Spottorno; The Pigs, RM Verlag, 2013
Larry Sultan, Mike Mandel; Evidence, Distributed Art Publishers, 1977
William Henry Fox Talbot; The Pencil of Nature, Da Capo Press, 1969

Comments from the literature

The listed bibliography corresponds exclusively to a selection of works available at the FBA.UP library. Complementary bibliography will be delivered and discussed within the classes.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Different models of photographic development and production are approached that aim and frame photography in an authorial, historical, theoretical and practical perspective.

The expository classes allow to know and debate the conceptualization, methodologies and the respective individual path in the work of contemporary photographers.

The photographic projects are presented at the end of the semester in an expository and editorial format, to rehearse and give a public dimension to the proposal.

The entire work process is recorded, organized and published on an online platform.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	30,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	70,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	12,00
Elaboração de projeto	30,00
Trabalho laboratorial	20,00
Estudo autónomo	30,00
Frequência das aulas	30,00
Trabalho de campo	10,00
Trabalho de investigação	30,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

The evaluation is systematic and made on the analysis of individual and group proposals presented in complement to the technological practice taught in classes.

The following factors are considered for the evaluation:

1.Acquisition, articulation and application of concepts.

2.Scientific and technological curiosity.

3.Using an appropriate conceptual and technical language.

4.Meeting deadlines in submitting proposals.

5.Attendance.

 

Calculation formula of final grade

The percentage for the final evaluation is: 



Publication — 65% [13/20 values]


Exhibition — 35% [7/ 20 values].

The entire work process is recorded, organized and published on an online platform.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Does not apply

Internship work/project

Does not apply

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Does not apply

Classification improvement

Does not apply

Observations

Does not apply