Module Descriptors
THE PHOTOGRAPHERS EYE
PHOT40063
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 4
30 credits
Contact
Leader: Rachel Mchaffie
Email: R.A.McHaffie@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 40
Independent Study Hours: 260
Total Learning Hours: 300
Assessment
- CWK - A&D weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Indicative Content
This module offers you the opportunity to explore and investigate, through an intensive engagement with the medium, the pictorial elements available to photographers in the effective communication of observations about the world around us. It encourages you to engage with photographic practices that place the emphasis on 'making' rather than 'taking' photographs. It builds conceptually on the framework of 'description' and 'interpretation' from the semester one Introduction module, by providing a wider framework of understanding through the additional methodologies of 'evaluation' and 'theory'.
You will learn how to 'see' photographically, by considering and practising your use of framing, awareness of light and your picture-making skills in general. You will consider more fully the practice and techniques of fine printing in the production of a final body of work.
You will learn how to 'see' photographically, by considering and practising your use of framing, awareness of light and your picture-making skills in general. You will consider more fully the practice and techniques of fine printing in the production of a final body of work.
Module Additional Assessment Details
You will present a body of coursework for assessment, including:
A visual diary documenting your research activities [Learning Outcomes 1,2]
A pictorial development workbook evidencing technical and picture-making strategies [ Learning Outcomes 1,3,4]
A carefully produced and presented portfolio of photographs [Learning Outcomes 1,2]
A 2000 word essay on a historical aspect of photographic practice (Learning Outcome 5)
A visual diary documenting your research activities [Learning Outcomes 1,2]
A pictorial development workbook evidencing technical and picture-making strategies [ Learning Outcomes 1,3,4]
A carefully produced and presented portfolio of photographs [Learning Outcomes 1,2]
A 2000 word essay on a historical aspect of photographic practice (Learning Outcome 5)
Module Learning Strategies
Lectures.
Workshops.
Technical skills modulettes, as appropriate.
Seminars.
Group tutorials.
Individual Tutorials.
Independent practice and experimentation.
Independent reading and research.
Workshops.
Technical skills modulettes, as appropriate.
Seminars.
Group tutorials.
Individual Tutorials.
Independent practice and experimentation.
Independent reading and research.
Module Texts
Clarke, Graham. The Photograph. Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-19-284248-X
Hill, Paul. Approaching Photography. Photographer's Institute Press, Rev Edition 2004. ISBN-10 1861083238
Szarkowski, John. The Photographer's Eye. The Museum of Modern Art, 2007. ISBN-10 08707052
Zakia, Richard, Perception and Imaging. Focal Press, 2002. ISBN 024080466X
Hill, Paul. Approaching Photography. Photographer's Institute Press, Rev Edition 2004. ISBN-10 1861083238
Szarkowski, John. The Photographer's Eye. The Museum of Modern Art, 2007. ISBN-10 08707052
Zakia, Richard, Perception and Imaging. Focal Press, 2002. ISBN 024080466X
Module Resources
Specialist workshop facilities, as appropriate.
Library and slide library.
Word-processing facilities.
Internet access.
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.
Library and slide library.
Word-processing facilities.
Internet access.
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.