BCLA3015

This course will explore digital photography as a tool to view different aspects of Spanish society (and ourselves within that society) through various photographic exercises and assignments. Students will receive the tools to read photography and construct an idea through images. At the end of the course the students will produce a portfolio of the work done. Lectures will cover the History of Photography, with a special attention to photo-reportage, Italian photographers, technical aspects related to photography production. The course introduces technical process of digital photography, from camera operation and the essential techniques of image capture with camera, image management with imaging related software. Classroom discussions and assigned readings will help student develop the critical skills used to understand how photographs function aesthetically and conceptually as how they are used in contemporary society and culture.