Outside the Box

Catalog description

Outside the Box is an experimental class where students explore analog photography’s inherent qualities as an aesthetic and conceptual investigation without the need of prior photographic experience. The course will examine a variety of techniques and historical processes that may include experimental studio lighting, using projections as light sources, cyanotypes, remote portraits using video conferencing software, and image transfers as well as traditional black and white darkroom printing. In an environment where everyone is free to experiment with photography, this course challenges the notion of what a photograph can encompass. Students are encouraged to embrace failure as an important part of the creative discovery and learn how failure shows us a new view of success. This class will become a community where we share our experiments and build on each other’s trials in order to push the boundaries of what is possible and see what we can discover. A materials fee is required for this course, and an additional course fee applied via student account.