Course detail

Studio I - Photography - winter

FaVU-B1FO-ZAcad. year: 2023/2024

Assignments: Camera obscura, photogram, collage
Semestrial work - “good / bad” photography
Major work - exhibition series for the semester exam.
+ Spontaneous exercises (tasks will be given during the learning process, intended for all students except those who are fully dedicated to their own work)

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

15

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

MgA. Ivars Gravlejs, Ph.D.

Department

Photography Studio (AFO)

Entry knowledge

Interest about medium, collaboration and spiritual attitude towards photography. Knowledge about digital and analogue techniques. Maximum devotion to the field of photography and self reflection.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

credits and exam
Attendance

Aims

The basic experience with analog photography. To understand and explore different approach from the digital photography.
Students will master the black-and-white analog photography through practical experience with old photographic techniques. They will have to accomplish the given assignments creatively and innovatively.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Arnheim, Rudolf: Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1974 (EN)
Barthes, Roland: Světlá komora - poznámky k fotografii, Agite/Fra, 2005 (CS)
Berger, John: O pohledu, Agite/Fra, 2009 (CS)
Birgus, Vladimír Mlčoch, Jan: Česká fotografie 20. století: průvodce. Praha, KANT, 2005 (CS)
Rosenblum, Naomi: A World History of Photography, New York, 1989 (EN)
Sontagová, Susan: O fotografii, Barrister & Principal, Paseka, 2002 (CS)
Warner Marien, Mary: Photography: A Cultural History, Laurence King Publishing, London, 2002 (EN)
Wells, Liz (ed.), Photography: A Critical Introduction, London and New York: Routledge, 2nd edn, 2000 (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme VUB Bachelor's

    branch VU-IDT , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

MgA. Ivars Gravlejs, Ph.D.
Mgr. Tomáš Javůrek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

We will focus on the basics of analogue photography, formal and technical aspects. Part of the course will be exercises, semestrial task and students' major project.
Semestrial work - good / bad photography.
Each week will be held mandatory studio meetings, individual consultations and discussions about students' major work.
Assignments and topic of semestrial work might change during the study process.

Seminar

156 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

MgA. Ivars Gravlejs, Ph.D.