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  • PHOT 350: Digital Photo Editing

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    Students will prepare digital photographs for publication in print and online. Progressing from introductory to intermediate skills in Adobe Photoshop, students will digitally montage/collage imagery to build a portfolio. This course addresses the history of photo editing and the ethics of photo manipulation. Critiques will be an integral part of the course. Prerequisite: PHOT 205. Dual listed as PHOT 501 Course Objectives (1) Demonstrate proficiency with the core functions of Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom and the DSLR. (2) Develop learning strategies that will encourage continuing technical skill refinement and expertise outside of academia and into the workplace. (3) Apply basic concepts of color management, customized metadata, image workflow and print output, to produce optimal results. (4) Identify principles and ethics of digital artists and technologies. (5) Practice as an image-maker, by exploring the expressive, conceptual, and aesthetic possibilities of a new tool. (6) Analyze images based on description, interpretation, and technical evaluation. (7) Articulate concepts in written artist statements and class discussions.
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  • PHOT 351: Digital Printing Methodology

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    Students explore advanced technical controls of the printmaking workflows of digital imaging. Students experience input and output variances that affect the final print and portfolio. Analysis and adjustment is expected in every stage of image production from black-and-white to color printing. Prerequisite(s): PHOT 350 Course Objectives (1) Develop specialized technical skills in digital imaging, including mastery of software, color management, image input, workflow and print output. (2) Research and correlate theory with practice by comparing historical and contemporary discourse within photographic image manipulation. (3) Produce work at large-scale with professional photographic printers while practicing the technique of proper art handling and storage. (4) Apply professional color calibration and maintenance techniques to maximize the color gamut of printers for various photo paper stocks, digital cameras, and computer monitors. (5) Demonstrate the ability to wet-mount and drum scan negatives for editing high resolution files. (6) Plan and develop a single technical strategy intended for a semester-long project. (7) Assemble a portfolio of creative work that begins to express a cohesive aesthetic through peer critique.
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  • PHOT 360: Alternative Photographic Processes I

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    The photographic medium has changed rapidly since its inception. While many photographers have settled into a digitally-orientated workplace, there have been an increasing number of contemporary artists looking back at the medium's history in search of more conceptually-driven forms of output. This has expanded the expressive choices for artists, who often combine processes from the advent of photography with the latest advances in digital media. In this course, students will explore a number of historical, non-silver and experimental photographic processes, including the digital negative, cyanotype, wet collodion, platinum/paladium printing, albumen, gum bichromate and liquid light. The goal of the course is to broaden the student's ability of photographic printmaking techniques and allow for experimentation with new, hybrid forms, that combine old and new methods in creative ways. Prerequisite: PHOT 309. Course Objectives (1) Discover the history of early photographic processes and how they are being adapted into contemporary practices. (2)Create properly exposed digital and paper negatives for printing. (3) Demonstrate how to hand-apply emulsions and other photographic sensitizing solutions to both paper and non-traditional substrates. (4) Construct a portfolio of work derived from non-silver, experimental and/or hybrid processes. (5) Practice with the skills and vocabulary to create, analyze and evaluate photos through group critique. (6) Relate new learned techniques with communication of concept, through use of metaphors, relationships and contemporary issues of the photographic image. (7) Combine intent through artist statements with various photographic processes to realize creative and conceptual goals.
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  • PHOT 361: Alternative Photographic Processes II

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    This advanced course continues with the exploration of non-silver photographic printmaking and print-manipulation processes that depart from the more prevalent black-and-white, color and digital approaches. With dual emphasis on developing technical skills and creative application of the medium, students will gain an understanding of both the craft of historic photographic processes and photography's function within contemporary art as they create their own images. Processes covered may include bromoil, kirlian photography and others not previously covered in PHOT 360. Students are expected to sharpen technical proficiency, solve problems and spend longer periods of time on a single process. Prerequisite(s): PHOT 360 Course Objectives (1) Revisit the history of early photographic processes and propose how they can be frutehr adapted into contemporary practices. (2) Solve technical imperfections in one's own work. (3) Adapt a portfolio of work in continuation from non-silver, experimental and/or hybrid process. (4) Intergrate the skills and vocabulary to create, anaylze and evaluate photos through group critique. (5) Revise techniques with communication of concept, through use of metaphors, relationships and contemporary issues of photographic image. (6) Combine intent through artist statements with various photographic processes to accomplish creative and conceptual goals.
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  • PHOT 363: Panoramic Imaging

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

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  • PHOT 365: Experimental Video

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    This course explores video as photographic writing, in particular, through the making of video from idea through realization and display. This will be accomplished through exploring and experimenting with methods, techniques, software and equipment to manipulate the moving image aesthetically and artistically. Students are expected to produce several projects, which emphasize ideas outside the traditional narrative and documentary forms and are encouraged to develop their own form of aesthetic expression. Students will establish personal methods to focus on the meaning and content of their moving pictures, the quality of their images and the way they observe the world around them. Students show and critique their work in class weekly in preparation for a final project and screenings at the end of the term. Course prerequisites: JOUR 215 Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1) Survey the varieties of experimental moving images produced by a variety of technologies, including still photography, video, and other digital media. (2) Learn to analyze these works in terms of form, content, and context. (3) Compose and produce experimental videos. (4) Evaluate experimental videos through critique. (5) Investigate the relationships and differences between experimental and commercial video and multimedia.
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  • PHOT 368: Exploring Art through Prose - WI

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    This writing intensive course explores situated topics in visual art and photography via self-generated student work, which will include art criticism, artist statements, thesis writing, and aesthetic statements-- as well as exposure to the genre of writing as it pertains to art. Through discussions, assigned readings and in-class exercises, students are expected to produce a significant output of original creative work that emphasizes annotation of published authors and artists, and requires modulation of style and rhetoric. The course will also address some aspects of professionalization-- exposure and evaluation of artist statements, attendance at art shows in the Pittsburgh area, and workshops in how to place their work. In doing so, students will establish both a creative writing style that is individual to their own artistic background and interest, as well as structure their knowledge of the contemporary artistic field of their choice. Prerequisites: ENGL 101. Course Objectives (1) Write effective artist statements. (2) Compare, contrast, describe and assess artwork in museums and galleries. (3) Recognize and articulate defining qualities of successful art criticism. (4) Evaluate contemporary trends, moral philosophies, ethical issues, and important art topics by relating works by published authors, artists and critics. (5) Develop a writing style that is individual and unique to their own artistic background and interests.
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  • PHOT 370: Contemporary Issues in Photography

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    This course is an introduction to various critical and discursive approaches to contemporary art photography practices. Because this class is designed for undergraduates interested in working in photography, many of the readings are critical pieces written by artists whos practice is, in whole or in part, deeply engaged with photography and various cultural debates within the field. In an effort to push beyond conventional ideas of what qualities are considered intrinsic to photography as well as what constitutes photographic meaning, students discuss and rethink a range of tradtional photographic art categories in relation to larger issues such as visual culture, art, and technology, historical circumstance, political geographies, contemporary art criticism, and interdisciplinary art practices. Prerequisites: PHOT 368 Course Objectives (1) Research and articulate various concepts, moral philosophies, cultural and critical debates and biases in medium. (2) Practice writing skills by summarizing movements in the contemporary art world. (3) Describe how issues relate and affect one's own methodology and/or artwork. (4) Design student-led lectures, imparting the skills and basis of specific subjects and perspectives in contemporary art. (5) Collaborate with peers on compelling teaching methods to activate topic discussions. (6) Create a visual project derived from one of the course themes, reframing the possibilities of the concept and connecting underlying issues.
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  • PHOT 371: Writing About Photography

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

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  • PHOT 375: Self-Publishing The Photobook

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    As a continually evolving and expansive outlet for photographers, the photobook has never been more relevant, yet more increasingly difficult to define. Through research, theory, and practice, this course investigates the current aesthetic trends within self-publishing. Photographers will complete a series of publishing assignments, both independently and collaboratively, in and out of class. Photographers will also develop an understanding and mastery of different self-publishing techniques and options as well as build an awareness of exhibition outlets. Upon completion of this course, students will have knowledge and skill set to incorporate self-publishing into their art making practice. Prerequisite(s): Student must have taken or currently enrolled in PHOT 350. Course Objectives (1) Distinguish contemporary trends and historical canons in bookmaking while developing a vocabulary around publishing and photography. (2) Articulate upon the current state of printed matter as a collectable art object. (3) Discuss the functionality of do-it-yourself publishin in today's culture. (4) Apply the knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop and/or other software; use editing skills to create and construct photographic books and zines. (5) Experiment with various spreads and book formats to develop strategies for conceptual and sequence editing. (6) Assemble files and proof layouts for professional-quality presses and discuss various distribution methods around self-publishing culture. (7) Communicate artistic intent through written artistic statements and critique. (8) Operate as author, producer, and distributor of a publication.
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