| Texts |
Richard Brilliant: Portraiture
Susan Bright: Art Photography Now
A reading packet and a reserve book list which will include books by photographers such as: Julia Margaret Cameron, Lee Friedlander, Nan Golding, John Coplans, Dian Arbus, Judith Joy Ross, Edward Weston, Sally Mann, Emmet Gowin and Francesca Woodman among others. |
| Weekly Assignments |
| Students will be expected to present five images bi-weekly for critique. Weekly readings will inform our visual investigations and provide a context for dialogue. |
| Papers: Two response papers of 2-4 pages each. |
| Offsite class at gallery or museum: TBA |
| Report on Contemporary Landscape Photographer: There will be one class presentation required. |
| Final Project: An in-depth photographic investigation of self or other. Final presentation should be presented formally, either in book, web site or portfolio format. |
| Course Schedule |
| January 24 |
Introduction
Course policies, expectations, materials
Visuals: Self-Portraits by Lee Friedlander, John Coplans, Francesca Woodman, Nan Goldin, Samuel Fosso
Technical: How to make a self-portrait: self-timers, shutter release, assistance, shadows and mirrors.
Reading:
Introduction, Chapter 1&2, Richard Brilliant, Portraiture
http://www.matthewmarks.com/ (Goldin)
http://www.andrearosengallery.com/ (Coplans)
http://www.fraenkelgallery.com/artists/a_friedlander.html
http://home.eduhi.at/user/tw/woodmanlnk.htm
Assignment:
Self-portrait
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| January 31 |
The Self-portrait
Visuals: Lucas Samaras
Class wide critique of self-portrait images from the past week with an eye towards the technical.
Reading:
David Levi Strauss, "After You, Dearest Photography: Reflections on the work of Francesca Woodman," Francesca Woodman, Scale 1998.
Holland Carter, "When the I Is the Subject, and It's Always Changing," The New York Times, Sept, 12, 2003.
Nan Goldin, The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, Aperture, 1982
Assignment:
Self-portrait
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| February 7 |
The Intimate Portrait
Visuals: Paul Strand, Edward Weston, Harry Callahan, Emmet Gowin, Sally Mann; Steiglez video.
Reading:
Arthur Ollmann, "Introduction," The Model Wife, The Museum of Photographic Arts, 2000.
Sandra Matthews and Laura Wexler, "Family Photographs and the Pregnant Pose," Pregnant Pictures, 2000 Routledge.
Jessica Todd Smith, "Time of Exposure; Nancy Newhall's Unpublished Book of Edward Weston's Nudes," Edward Weston: A Legacy, 2000, The Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/photography/photographerframe.php?photographerid=ph030-
Assignment: Intimate portrait - family or friends
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| February 14 |
CRITIQUES 4, 5, 6
Seminar class on selected readings TBA
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| February 21 |
CRITIQUES 1, 2, 3
The Other
Diane Arbus video, E.J. Bellocq, Edward Curtis, Katy Grannan
Reading:
Janet Malcolm, "The Real Thing," The New York Review of Books, January 9, 1997.
Joseph L. Ruby, Letter, in response to Malcolm
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/special.html
Arthur Lubow, "Arbus Reconsidered," The New York Times, Sept. 14, 2003.
Jerry Saltz, "Only the Lonely," artnet.com
RESPONSE PAPER #1 DUE
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| February 28 |
MID-TERM CRITIQUE
Due: 6 images for critique (Group B)
Due: choice of photographer for class presentation.
Assignment: Continue to make portraits
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| March 7 |
MID-TERM CRITIQUE
Reading: (Due after break)
Chapter 3, 4 Brilliant, Portraiture
Assignment: One page project proposal describing the photographic project you want to undertake.
Photograph those who are unlike you.
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| March 28 |
Constructions of Identity
Due: paper and project proposals
Visuals: Nikkie S. Lee, Cindy Sheman, Phillipe Kwane Apagya, Julia Margaret Cameron, Samuel Fosso
Reading:
Arthur C. Danton: "Past Masters and Post Moderns: Cindy Sherman's History Portraits," Rizooli, NY, 1991.
Arthur C. Danton: "Photography and Performance: Cindy Sherman's Stills," Untitled Film Stills, Jonathon Lade, London, 1990
http://www.tonkonow.com/lee.html (Lee)
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/1997/sherman
http://www.jackshainman.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=5 (Apagya, Luster, Fosso)
http://www.getty.edu/art/collections/bio/a2026-1.html (Cameron)
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| April 4 |
CRITIQUES 1, 2
Visuals: Judith Joy Ross, August Sander, Disfarmer, Deborah Luster
Reading:
Susan Kismaric, Judith Joy Ross, Museum of Modern Art.
Alfredo Lopez Austin, "Recurrent Letters," Images of the Spirit, Aperture, 1996.
RESPONSE PAPER #2 DUE
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| April 11 |
CRITIQUES 4, 5
Slides: Lee Friedlander, Portraits
Reading:
R.B. Kitaj, "Still in Paradise of Still Photography," Lee Friedlander Portraits, Little Brown & Company, 1985.
"Maria: Photographs by Lee Friedlander," Photographers at Work, A Smithsonian Series.
Presentations (Groups 1&2)
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| April 18 |
CRITIQUES 3, 6
Slides: Thomas Ruff, Reinke Dikstra
Reading:
Boris v. Brauchitsch, Thomas Ruff, Museum of Moderne Kunst, 1992.
"Thomas Ruff," Interview with Philip Pocock, www.jca.com
Presentations (Groups 4&5)
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| April 25 |
Slides: Hiroshi Sugimoto, Lorna Simpson
Reading:
Ann Wilson Lloyd, "The Hall of Mirrors Meets the House of Wax," The New York Times, Feb. 11, 2001.
Presentations (Groups 3&6)
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| May 2 |
Final Critique |
