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Study Course Description

Photography as Communication

Main Study Course Information

Course Code

KSK_087

Branch of Science

Media and communications

ECTS

3.00

Target Audience

Communication Science; Information and Communication Science

LQF

Level 6

Study Type And Form

Full-Time; Part-Time

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor

Alnis Stakle

Structure Unit Manager

Ieva Puzo

Structural Unit

Faculty of Social Sciences

Contacts

Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv

About Study Course

Objective

To promote the upgrade of students’ professional competence, which is characterised by the ability to autonomously evaluate, critically discuss and construct messages based on the tradition of the medium of photograph, being aware of historical development and contemporary diversity of photography. Students should learn, evaluate and confirm their knowledge about the constructed nature of messages based on the medium of photography and regularities of their use. Students should certify their understanding of the medium of photography as a part of communication in society, analytically describing and creatively constructing information, problems and creative solutions in photography. Students should professionally implement their project in photography based on communicative aspects of the medium of photography.

Preliminary Knowledge

Not required.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.Will name and characterise the main stages and drivers of the development of photography. Will describe theoretical approaches and the main authors of photography. Will describe the impact of photography on society. Will explain communicative properties of photography.

Skills

1.Will be able to recognise main paradigms and types of messages of photography. Will be able to evaluate a message of photography.

Competences

1.Will be able to critically analyse the messages and aesthetic qualities encoded in the photography language. Will be able to interpret regularities in photography communication. Will be able to autonomously lead and produce a creative photo story for the needs of photo journalism and business.

Assessment

Individual work

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Individual work	-	-
During the semester the student reads recommended readings and internet sources. Students should share the existing and obtained knowledge among themselves during lectures, during discussions outside lectures, thus developing their own and joint knowledge about the medium of photography. Students should read at least 300 pages of text from required readings. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal.

Examination

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Examination	-	-
The availability of all practical works and successful participation in seminars. One documentary photo story should be created during the course. Assessments ‘excellent’ and ‘with distinction’ may be obtained only for examination works, which are classified for professional media use, as well as evidence of profound understanding of the medium of photography.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME

Part 1

Lecture

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Introduction to course content. Photography and photo journalism: origin and definitions.

Lecture

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Development and boom of photography.

Lecture

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Development and boom of photography.

Class/Seminar

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Discussion and planning of the creation of a series of photographs based on the tradition of documentary photography (all home assignments should be included in the student’s professional blog).

Lecture

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Subject as an object: photography and human body (practical home assignment on the portrayal of the human body).

Class/Seminar

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Assessment of the home assignment based on the tradition of documentary photography

Lecture

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Transformation of media photography in the age of digital display.

Lecture

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Photography in contemporary art.

Class/Seminar

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Discussion on practical home assignment (the portrayal of the human body).

Lecture

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Photographer’s “survival kit” – links between commercial, documentary and art photography and a photographer as a provider of services nowadays

Lecture

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Photographer’s “survival kit” – links between commercial, documentary and art photography and a photographer as a provider of services nowadays

Class/Seminar

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Discussion on views of S. Sontag, L. Manovich and A. Cramerotti.

Total ECTS (Creditpoints):

3.00

Contact hours:

24 Academic Hours

Final Examination:

Exam (Written)

PART-TIME

Part 1

Lecture

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Development and boom of photography.

Class/Seminar

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Discussion and planning of the creation of a series of photographs based on the tradition of documentary photography (all home assignments should be included in the student’s professional blog).

Lecture

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Subject as an object: photography and human body (practical home assignment on the portrayal of the human body).

Lecture

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Photography in contemporary art.

Lecture

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Photographer’s “survival kit” – links between commercial, documentary and art photography and a photographer as a provider of services nowadays

Class/Seminar

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Discussion on views of S. Sontag, L. Manovich and A. Cramerotti.

Total ECTS (Creditpoints):

3.00

Contact hours:

16 Academic Hours

Final Examination:

Exam (Written)

Bibliography

Required Reading

Badger, G. (2000). The Art that Hides Itself - Notes on Photographys Quiet Genius in How You Look At It. (pp. 61 – 81) NY: D.A.P., Inc.

Barett, T. (1990). Criticizing Photographs: an introduction to understading images. California. Mayfield Pubishing Company.

Bate, D. (2009). Photography: Key Concepts. Oxford & New York: Berg

Benjamins, V. (2005). Iluminācijas. Riga: Laikmetīgās mākslas centrs.

Doy, G. (2005). Picturing the self: Changing views of the subject in visual culture. London: I.B. Taurus & Co Ltd.

Flusser, V (2005). Towards A Philosophy of Photography. London: Reaktion Books Ltd.

Jeffrey, I. (1999). Revisions: An alternative history of photography. Bradford, England: National Museum of Photography, Film & Television.

Liesbrock H. (2000). The Barely Visible Perspectives on Reality in Photography and Painting in How You Look At It. (pp. 39 - 59) NY: D.A.P.

Roland, B. (1980). Mythologies, London: Paladin.

10.

Rolāns, B. (2006). Camera lucida. Piezīme par fotografiju. Rīga: Laikmetīgās mākslas centrs.

11.

Sonesson G. (2000). Post-photography and beyond: From mechanical reproduction to digital production. Lund University.

12.

Wells L. (ed) (2004). Photography: a critical introduction. London & New York. Routledge.

13.

Weski T. (2000). No Scrawling, Scratching, and Scribbling on the Plate in How You Look At It. (pp. 19 - 37) NY: D.A.P.

14.

Zontāga, S. (2008). Par fotogrāfiju. Riga: Laikmetīgās mākslas centrs.

Additional Reading

Bodrijārs, Ž. (2000). Simulakri un simulācija. Rīga: Omnia Mea.

Liotārs, F. (2008).Riga: Laikmetīgās mākslas centrs.

Lury C. (1998). Proesthetic Culture: Photography, memory and identity. London: Routledge (pp. 134 - 183)

Manovičs, L. (2006). Jauno mediju valoda. Rīga: Jauno mediju kultūras centrs RIXC. 5. 5. 5. McLuhan, M. (1964). Understanding media. New York: Signet Books.

McLuhan, M. & Fiore, Q. (1967). The medium is the message. Singapore: HardWired.

David L, S. (2020). Photography and Belief New York, New York: David Zwirner Books

Mark Sealy Chadwell Heath (2022). Photography: race, rights and representation: Lawrence and Wishart Ltd.

Mark Sealy (2019). Decolonising the Camera: photography in racial time, London: Lawrence & Wishart Ltd.

Sunil Gupta (2022). We Were Here: sexuality, photography, and cultural difference, New York: Aperture Foundation.

Other Information Sources

Dokumentālās filmas:

American Photography: A Century of Images, 1999 Contacts I, II, III, 2005

Dying to tell the Story, 1998

Genius of photography 1-6, BBC

Moment of Impact, 1999 Reporters, 1981

The Impassioned Eye, 2003 War Photographer, 2001

Mākslas filmas

Blowup, 1966

City of God, 2002

10.

Rear Window, 1954 Salvador, 1986

11.

The Killing Fields, 1984 The Public Eye, 1992

12.

Tiešsaistē pieejamie resursi

13.

A Search Into the Future of Photography

14.

American Suburb X

15.

Aperture

16.

Blind Spot

17.

BW Magazine

18.

CameraArts Magazin. DoubleTake www.doubletakemagazine.org

19.

European Photography. EYEMAZING www.eyemazing.com

20.

Foto-Video

21.

foto8e

22.

LensWork

23.

Kwartalnik Fotografia

24.

Next Level

25.

Private

26.

Source

27.

Editorial Photographers

28.

Fotokvartals

29.

Lens

30.

Magnum

31.

Photographer

32.

The Digital Journalist

33.

The Photographic Universe Conference. World Press Photo http://www.worldpressphoto.org

34.

Zone Zero.

Photography as Communication

Main Study Course Information

Study Course Implementer

About Study Course

Objective

Preliminary Knowledge

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

Skills

Competences

Assessment

Individual work

Examination

Study Course Theme Plan

Lecture

Topics

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Bibliography

Required Reading

Additional Reading

Other Information Sources