Creative Photography 1

Tutor:

Štěpán GRYGAR

Synopsis:

Course Outline: The purpose of this seminar is for students to master the rules of composition, which will serve as the necessary foundation for further creative work in the ensuing years of their studies.

Course Description: What I consider important is the students' ability to work independently, which should express itself even within the seminar. For this reason I specify individual parts of the assignment in a manner that provides them with sufficient space to exercise their own creativity, which is nevertheless subject to technical quality.

Prerequisites:

Grading:

Graded credit: granted on the basis of submission of all prescribed assignments and evaluation of submitted photographs.

The basic pre-requisites for grading are the student?s participation within at least 60% of the lectures, as well as participation in posted mandatory joint consultations specified in the beginning of the course.

Study Objectives:

Outline and Syllabus:

Course Description:

What I consider important is the students? ability of independent work which should express itself even within this seminar. This is the reason why I have specified individual parts of the assignment in such a way that they would provide sufficient space for the student?s own creativity, which nevertheless is subject to technical quality.

Assignments: (assignment 1P6)

Create 8 photographs of spatial objects, which will separately emphasize the following:

1. flat and linear composition

2. rhythm

3. balanced composition

4. dynamic composition

A higher level of abstraction is recommended. Composition of all photographs must be inventive. Assignments 2-4 should fit together

Technical requirements: Assignment 1 must be done through traditional negative/positive process without consequent digital manipulation and format of the positive is to be at least 30x40 cm. The rest of assignments can be black & white or color photographs, or digital prints. Format will be approved by the teacher.

Deadlines: The schedule will be announced during the course. All assignments have to be finished by the end of the summer semester.

Name of the Lecturer: Štěpán Grygar

Contact: 732 661 938, grygar@famu.cz

Study materials:

List of Recommended literature:

Arnheim Rudolf. Art and Visual Perception, University of California Press, London 1997

Baxandall Michael, Shadows and enlightenment, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997

Berger John, Ways of Seeing, London, Penguin Books 1979

Francastel Pierre, Peinture et societé, Denoel/Gonthier, Paris, 1997

Kent Sarah, Eyewitness Art-Composition, Dorling Kinsley Limited, London 1995

Gombrich E. H. Art and Illusion, Princeton University Press 2000, Princetown and Oxford

Kandinsky, Wassily, Complete writings on art, Farber, London, 1982

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2008/2009:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2008/2009:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue	místnost TR 304 Učebna KF (Tržiště 20, Praha 1) GRYGAR Š. 09:00–12:15 ODD WEEK (přednášková par. 1)
Fri
Thu
Fri

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Fotografie EN - bakalář (qualification subject)