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Undergraduate Course: Developing Darkroom Photography (intensive) (LLLA07100)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaLifelong Learning (ECA) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionTHIS IS A FOR-CREDIT ONLY COURSE OFFERED BY THE OFFICE OF LIFELONG LEARNING (OLL); ONLY STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH OLL SHOULD BE ENROLLED
Intended for students with some existing experience and knowledge in taking, developing and printing photographs, this course aims to consolidate existing skills and develop new ones. The structure of the course is based around the interests of individual participants but also follows a clear programme. By the end of the course students will have completed projects designed to broaden their interest and skills in photography.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. By the end of the course, through attending classes and engaging in directed and independent study, students should be able to:

RESEARCH
demonstrate an awareness of contemporary photography and a sound understanding of analogue photography methods needed to produce high quality, exhibition standard prints

2. PRACTICE
show confidence and skill in experimenting with analogue photography processes including (35mm and medium format shooting, 35mm and 120 film processing, studio lighting, alternative printing techniques (photograms, liquid light or solarisation) and resin and fibre tray printing) to create a range of ambitious and coherent photographs.

3. PRACTICE
show confidence and skill in experimenting with analogue photography processes including (35mm and medium format shooting, 35mm and 120 film processing, studio lighting, alternative printing techniques (photograms, liquid light or solarisation) and resin and fibre tray printing) to create a range of ambitious and coherent photographs.
Assessment Information
The course will be assessed by the submission of a portfolio of visual photographic works and supporting materials within the discipline studied. This will include a selection of resolved photographic works, preparatory studies, visual research and evidence of a contextual awareness through a completed sketchbook and/or visual journal. The work must be presented in a clear and professional manner appropriate to the discipline. The submission should include work undertaken within the class as well as directed and independent study out with the class.

Typically, this will comprise:
Class Contact hours: 27.5 (work students do during the class)
Directed hours: 27.5 (work your tutor has set students to do after the class teaching is complete)
Independent Study Hours: 45 (work students set themselves to do, relevant to the discipline studied)

The combined submission will be assessed against the three learning outcomes for this course. These are equally weighted and each will be given a percentage grade. To pass, students must achieve a minimum of 30% in each learning outcome and an overall combined mark of 40% minimum.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Understand manual camera controls for 35mm SLR and medium format cameras, experiment with 2-3 different film types, and learn how to use lenses creatively.
Appreciate photography within an art context - look at the work of fine art photographers.
Experimentation with studio lighting for portraiture (including using an electronic flash).
Learn darkroom and film processing and printing skills including; 35mm/120 film processing, enlarging 35mm/120 film, printing with resin and fibre paper, tray printing, ¿dodging¿, ¿burning¿, contrast, exposure and split-grade printing.
Demonstrate an ability to undertake research and reflective practice and apply these in the context of photography within visual culture.
Experiment with three alternative printing methods of your choosing; Photogram, Solarization or Liquid Light.
Know how to window mount prints to an exhibition standard.

Reading list Recommended

Gillanders, R., 2004, The photographic portrait: techniques, strategies and thoughts on making portraits with meaning, Devon: David & Charles

Barthes, R., 1994, Camera Lucida: reflections on photography, New York: Hill and Wang

Sontag, S. 1977. On Photography, McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd., Toronto.

Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMr Robbie Bushe
Tel:
Email: r.bushe@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Sherrey Landles
Tel: (0131 6)50 4400
Email: s.landles@ed.ac.uk
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