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:

Digital Photography School

photo.net

Photography Served

Pictory

The Big Picture

Assignment 1

weeks 1-2

In the past 100 years there have been thousands of great photographers.

  1. Research and choose one photographer who appeals to you from each decade
  2. Compare and examine some of the images each of them have created
  3. Why are or were the images important. Now and or at the time
  4. Extract the impact of the time, technology, social economic background and style.
  5. What can you determine about the photographers style?
  6. What were they trying to achieve?
  7. 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