This module addresses how diverse the photographic process has been and continues to be in the formation of an 'image world'. Photography is primarily utilised in the formation of 'mass produced' imagery that contributes fundamentally to how 'things' and 'ideas' are distributed and consumed through the media. In addition to these "industrial" usages, photographs have been made in order to persuade, to reveal and to evidence our relationship to the world and to each other. You will be asked to consider some of these relationships and possibilities, in the making of a body of photographic work. Through practice based workshops and tutorials you will be involved with the strategic concerns that a particular practice/s requires. 'The ability to interpret, critique, create, and use visual communication on sophisticated levels' (Williams, Newton, Visual Communication: Integrating Media, Art and Science) are the working methods being explored in this module.

You will present a body of coursework for assessment, including:
Marked up contact sheets from a number of shoots highlighting both your editing process and pictorial development (1,2)
A typed statement that covers both a detailed analysis of your individual picture-making strategies and contexutalises your practice by identifying relevant practitioners (1,2)
The production of a photographic body of work (3)

Lectures
Supervised Group Practice
Individual / Group Tutorials
Independent Practice and Experimentation
Independent Reading and Research

Barthes, Roland, Mythologies, Vintage,1993. ISBN-10: 0099972204
Frizot, Michel, A New History of Photography, Konemann, 1998. ISBN: 3829013280
Ingledew, John, Photography, Laurence King Publishing, 2005. ISBN: 1856694321
Shore, Stephen, The Nature of the Photograph: A Primer, Phaidon Press, 2007. ISBN-10: 071484585
Williams, Rick & Newton, Julianne, Visual Communication: Integrating Media, Art & Science, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007. ISBN: 080585066X

Specialist Workshop facilities, as appropriate
Library
Word-Processing Facilities
Internet Access
Lecture and Tutorial Rooms
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.