Foto and Film

Open to the Art School only. This course may be
open to students at other year levels, and in
other Schools, by Permission of Instructor.
Practice Courses within the Photography and Media
program focus on making work and developing the
shape of students' practices. While each course
under this category may offer a particular theme
or subject matter, its primary organization and
outcomes will center around making. This category
will include, but not be limited to, modes of
production fundamental to photographic and
media-based practice, including film-based and
digital photography, video and moving image
production, sound production, performance and
book-making, and will sometimes include a focus
on the primary genres and categories of
production common to media and photography.

This course is an historical, theoretical, and
critical survey of the relationship between film
and still photography from the 1920s to the
present. Emphasis in the first half of the
course will be on the writing, photography, and
films of European artists who have worked
extensively in both media. Some artists whose
work will be featured are Raymond Depardon, Chris
Marker, Agnas Varda, Gordon Parks, Johannes van
der Keuken, RobertFrank, Ralph Steiner, and Paul
Strand.