Course: Analog photography I

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Course title Analog photography I
Course code KDT/FU051
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kolečková Zdena, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Myslivec Jáchym, MgA.
Course content
1. Introduction: introduction to the operation of darkrooms (occupational safety). Introduction of individual phases of the process. 2. Examples of the use of the photographic gelatin process in fine arts. 3.-7. Working with medium and large format analog cameras. Practical exercises - a photographic set exposed to the given types of cameras. 8.-10. Processing of exposed material. Practical exercises - evoking negatives. 11.-13. Types of photographic papers, work with photographic emulsion. Practical exercises - evoking positives, photographic experiments.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint students through practical exercises accompanied by a theoretical explanation of analog photography and the possibilities of its use. After completing the course, the student should be able to independently master the basic technological procedures in working with the gelatin process so that he is able to use the acquired knowledge and experience in his creative artistic practice. Teaching takes the form of practical exercises in dark rooms, during which students try the basic technological procedures of the gelatin process, from exposing the image to analog media, through the manipulation of film and photographic plate, to the processing of analog positive.
The gained capabilities constitute an encompassment and an aquirement of knowledge and experience in the given field of study, they result from a concrete annotation of the subject and are aimed at a profile´s fulfilment of the graduate of the given field of study.
Prerequisites
Successful completion of the previous study

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Attendance
Recommended literature
  • ANDĚL, Jaroslav. Myšlení o fotografii I.. AMU, 2012.
  • Flusser, V. Za filosofií fotografie. Hynek, 1994.
  • JAMES, Christopher. The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes. Cangage Learning, 2008.
  • JIRÁČEK, Milič. Technické základy fotografie. Komora fotografických živností, 2002.
  • Scheufler, P. Historické fotografické techniky. Ipos-Artama, Praha, 1993.
  • Scheufler, P. Teze k dějinám fotografie do roku 1914. Praha, FAMU, 2000.
  • Skopec, R. Dějiny fotografie v obrazech od nejstarších dob do dnešku. Praha, 1963.
  • VESELÝ, Michal; DZIK, Petr; ZITA, Jiří. Fotografické procesy - Praktikum. VUT, Fakulta chemická, 2005.


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