PO 220 - Experimental Analog Photography

Description
This class expands students’ skills in the chemistry-based darkroom environment. Students are introduced to the large format 4x5 View Camera, medium format, and other format cameras. Additionally, they investigate experimental and nontraditional applications of black-and-white imaging materials and processes.

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 6
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: PO 126 (D- or Higher)
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corequisite(s): None
Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: No
Course Fees: $30.00
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Course is a Requirement:
None

General Education Requirement:
None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Create original analog photographic images that demonstrate technical and creative use of the view camera.

2. Demonstrate understanding of uses and possibilities of medium camera format and other camera formats.

3. Compare and contrast the several analog camera formats available and select the appropriate darkroom tools to produce well-crafted prints.

4. Integrate traditional darkroom techniques with more experimental approaches.

5. Identify and implement safety protocols for film processing chemistry.

6. Apply museum standard finishing and mounting techniques to prints.

7. Use creativity and alternative thinking to brainstorm new ideas and possible solutions to problems or issues.

8. Complete work accurately with attention to detail.
Course Outline:
I. Historical Perspectives

A. Early Masters

B. Contemporary Masters

C. Camera Formats: Historical Evolution and Uses

II. The View Camera

A. Basic Movements

B. Bellows Draw

III. Scheimphlug Principle

A. Using the Shutter and Aperture Together

B. Bellows Factors Calculation

C. Law of Reciprocity

IV. Correcting Perspective

V. Metering Light

VI. Developing the Negative

VII. Printing the Positive

A. Anatomy of 4x5 Enlarger

B. Processing Procedure

C. Experimental Approaches

VIII. Finishing and Mounting

A. Archival Matting

IX. Safety and Rules in the Darkroom Environment

Approved for Online and Hybrid Delivery?:
No
Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 20-30%

Facilitated Discussion: 10-30%

Mediated Instruction: 15-30%

Group Work: 10-15%

Lab Work: 20-70%
Mandatory Course Components:
None
Equivalent Courses:
None

Accepted GRCC Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Course prepares students to seek the following external certification:
No
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Mandatory Department Assessment Measures:
None

Course Type:
Elective- Offering designed to expand learning opportunities for degree seeking students. May or may not be required for students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Studio - 1:1-2
Total Studio Hours Per Week: 6
People Soft Course ID Number: 100340
Course CIP Code: 50.0799
Maximum Course Enrollment: 15
General Room Request: Main 431, 432

High School Articulation Agreements exist?: No
If yes, with which high schools?: NA
Non-Credit GRCC Articulation Agreement With What Area: No
Identify the Non Credit Programs this Course is Accepted: NA

School: School of Liberal Arts
Department: Visual Arts
Discipline: PO
Faculty Credential Requirements:
18 graduate credit hours in discipline being taught (HLC Requirement), Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details:
The instructor should possess a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Photography and teaching experience at the college level.

Last Revision Date Effective: 2017-04-19 14:51:49
Course Review & Revision Year: 2024-2025