Photo Idea: Critique/R&D Lab Work

This course is open to Art School BFA2 and above.
Also open to students in other schools by
permission of instructor.
Photo Idea: Critique / R&D is a pre-studio
production-based photography
project and development course. The goals of this
class are to present
work in progress and establish research skills
while underscoring the
importance of experimentation and curiosity. We
will work on both
production strategies and through critique. The
expectation is that a high
volume of work will be produced and reviewed
quickly. In part, we will
examine the expected paths of research to generate
unexpected results.
Each student in the class will present project
ideas and work, participate in
brainstorming sessions, and develop specific
questions and goals for their
work. We will use the unique perspective that each
student has to offer in a
collaborative think tank process by acting as each
other's research
assistant. A main goal is to quickly advance each
student's project by
making work. Students can expect to perform
interviews, work with
commercial photography labs and develop and
present research that
advance project development. Photo Idea: Critique
/ R&D is part of a
practice series of 3 photo-based classes. This
series is sequenced as
follows Photo Idea: Critique / R&D, Photo Idea:
Exhibition, and Photo Idea:
Book.