JOUA111 Press Photography: Theory, Practice and Interpretation (3 cr)
Description
Content
The course aims to facilitate students’ individual development in visual literacy in
multicultural study group. It will combine both theory and practice of photography through dialogic lectures and workshops.
The course explores history, theory and practice of photography, especially in regard to photographs in the press and profession of photojournalist. Students will explore portfolios and biographies of famous photographers and war correspondents, discuss ethics in photojournalistic work, learn to interpret photographs and identify journalistic photo genres. Additionally, students will work on three (one pre-course and two in-course) creative photographic assignments for their learning portfolio. Photographs will be shared and used in the classroom activities. During the course, students will improve their photographic skills as well as critical thinking about images along with methods of their interpretation.
Completion methods
Lectures, workshops, group discussions, peer-feedback, photographic assignments (one pre-course and two in-course), learning portfolio
Assessment details
Active participation, photographic assignments (including pre-course assignment, for which instructions will be sent to registered students) and learning portfolio, which is a combination of learning diary and student’s photographic assignments (instructions will be provided during the first class).
Grade-specific assessment criteria are introduced in the course.
Learning outcomes
- recall basic facts from the history of photography
- identify key photographers, their work and style
- evaluate own photographic work and the work of others,
- apply interdisciplinary knowledge into (press) photography interpretation,
- implement theory on photography interpretation into own critical judgment of
photographs in everyday visual communication,
And: will advance his/her skills in visual literacy (i.e. visual reading, writing and thinking in terms of images).