ARTS 108 / CAMS 138 - Introduction to Photography - Wellesley College

Office hours sign up form

Syllabus (revised on April 24th)

Supplies

Required supplies list for ARTS108/CAMS138 can be found online at Amazon or B&H. You must obtain these supplies by the second week of class. The supplies should cost roughly $35. Please contact me directly if this presents undue financial burden for you so that we can arrange for financial assistance. 

Readings

Henry Horenstein: Black & White Photography: A Basic Manual

William Henry Fox Talbot: Brief Historical Sketch of the Invention of the Art

Henri Cartier Bresson: The Decisive Moment

John Berger: Understanding a Photograph

John Szarkowski: The Photographer's Eye

Lewis Hine: Social Photography

Martha Rosler: In Around and Afterthoughts (on Documentary Photography)

Mary Street Alinder: Group F.64 - Imogen Cunningham

Mary Street Alinder: Group F.64 - The Way of Stieglitz, A Tale of Two Galleries, & The Enemy Moretensen

Jay Maisel: Light, Gesture, and Color

Slide Presentations

Origins of Photography

Portraits without Self

Exposure and Camera Basics

Composition and Timing

Light

The Photographer’s Eye - Lens Choices - Projects

Artist Statement Workshop // Writing Prompt

Experimental Printing

Assignment Sheets

Assignment #1: Photogram Self-Portrait

Assignment #2: Brackets & Angles

Assignment #3: Light

Final Project

Artist Presentations