Introduction to the Module
A brief introduction to photography
The subect of photography will be covered in more detail in next weeks lecture but in the meantime here are a number of very useful resources:
To give you a solid introduction into the basics of photography and a look at what is expected (in terms of quality) of your major project in Yr 4 the site Pictorious by IMD graduate, Mark Harrington gives an excellent introduction to the subject.
Other useful resources include:
Assignment 1
weeks 1-2
In the past 100 years there have been thousands of great photographers.
- Research and choose one photographer who appeals to you from each decade
- Compare and examine some of the images each of them have created
- Why are or were the images important. Now and or at the time
- Extract the impact of the time, technology, social economic background and style.
- What can you determine about the photographers style?
- What were they trying to achieve?
- What story if any are they trying to portray?
Project – Photographers
As promised here are the details for your first project as covered in Friday's lecture