Studio Photography 3

Tutor:

Michaela ZEINEROVÁ BRACHTLOVÁ

Synopsis:

The aim of this seminar is to create a series of possible objective and also creative descriptions of the human body and improve technical skills in studio work.

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, participation in posted mandatory joint consultations specified in the beginning of the course, as well as the submission of agreed on photographs in digital form ? resolution 300 dpi with the length of the longer side of the format being 210mm.

Study Objectives:

Outline and Syllabus:

Description of the subject:

Students will make photographs of the human body - the body as an object constructed by bones, muscles and covered by skin and hair, with various possibilities of mobility and gestures. Great attention should be given to the interesting fragments, extreme close-ups to depict characteristic but also unexpected shapes of the body parts and texture of the skin and hair. These fragments and close-ups are not isolated from the rest of the body, it is complex. Photographs will have less interpretation quality - it is rather a documentation, a photographic survey of the object, of its natural forms and of all its specific features.

Assignment: (2P1)

FACE AND BODY

A collection of black & white photographs, which has to include the whole figure, fragments and close-ups of the face and body. Appreciated is objective clarity but also a creative view on the subject. Only one model for whole series.

The white background, studio lighting, middle format of the negative. Perfect processing is important feature of this exercise.

Minimum 12 images, size of final copies - 24x30cm. CD with graphic layout of the book using all selected photographs, PDF file (Title: Face and body, author, FAMU, year)

Name of the lecturer: Mgr. Michaela Brachtlová PhD.

Contact: 723 73 33 11

Study materials:

Coplans John, A Body, powerHouse Books, 2002

Coplans John, Provocation, powerHouse Books, 2002

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 312 Ateliér KF (Tržiště 20, Praha 1) ZEINEROVÁ M. 10:40–12:15 ODD WEEK (paralelka 1)
Fri
Thu
Fri

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Fotografie EN - bakalář (qualification subject)