Introduction to Study of Photography
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
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| 307EINS | credit | 2 | 6 lecture hours (45 min) of instruction per semester, 46 to 56 hours of self-study | English | winter |
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Contents
The course is designed as a preparation for study. It focuses primarily on introducing the cultural context of the role of photography. It links photography with important historical and historical-political events in the context of Central European history. It provides students with a basic orientation.
Main topics
Day 1 - lecture about FAMU/AMU - history of the photography department, study goals, timetables, tour of studios and workplaces - Lažan Palace, Marketplace, GAMU
Day 2 - visit to current exhibitions - large institutions (NG, Rudolfinum, GHMP)
Day 3 - lecture about Prague with historical overlap - assignment exercise - mapping historical styles
Day 4 - visit to alternative galleries - selection of current exhibitions - introduction to the cultural scene
Day 5 - evaluation of the exercise - seminar on architecture with historical overlap
Day 6 - visit to ongoing festivals (4 + 4 days in motion, Photographer festival) - assignment exercise - comparison of places, portrait of a place
Day 7 - studio organisation - practical stuff
Day 8 - evaluation of the site portrait exercise
Learning outcomes
The student has a basic idea about the anchoring of the Department of Photography at FAMU, the history of AMU, the system of higher education with regard to art education. The student is familiar with the basic historical and political points of development and has an idea of the historical and cultural context within the Czech Republic.
Prerequisites and other requirements
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Literature
Christopher James: Book of Alternative Photographic Processes, Cengage, 2015
Wong, Kai: Old School Photography, Abrams & Chronicle Books, 2021
Marquardt Chris: The Film Photography Handbook, Rocky Nook, 2019
Reymond Clare: The Photographic Uncanny, Springer International Publishing, 2020
Capkova Katerifna: Czechs, Germans, Jews?, Berghahn Books, 2014
Houžvička Václav: Czechs and Germans 1848–2004 , Univerzita Karlova v Praze, 2015
King Jeremy: Budweisers Into Czechs and Germans
A Local History of Bohemian Politics, 1848-1948, Princeton University Press, 2005
Birgus Vladimír: Czech Photographic Avant-Garde, 1918-1948, Nakladatelství: MIT Press Ltd, 2002
Birgus Vladimír: Czech Photography of the 20th Century, Kant, 2010
Koudelka Josef: Returning, Kant, 2018
Evaluation methods and criteria
grading for participation
Note
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Schedule for winter semester 2023/2024:
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| Date | Day | Time | Tutor | Location | Notes | No. of paralel |
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| – | Martin STECKER Jan Douša |
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Schedule for summer semester 2023/2024:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Photography EN - Bachelor - 2022 (Required subjects)
- Photography EN - Master - 2022 (Required subjects)