4.343 Photography and Related Media

Instructor: Andrea Frank
Telephone: 617-253-5862
Office: N51-344
Send e-mail: afrank@mit.edu

Units:
Level:
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor

TA: Salome Francpourmoi
Darkroom monitor: Edmund Ming-Yip Kwong

First meeting: February 6

BODY/BUILDING

This semester we will explore social, political, and formal aspects of the body
vs a constructed environment for our student-initiated term projects, which are
developed conceptually as well as technically throughout the semester and will
be presented in an exhibition setting.

Projects are continuously presented and discussed in a critical forum. Lectures,
readings, visiting professionals, group discussions, and a field trip to New
York encourage a critical awareness of how images in our culture are produced
and constructed.

This course provides practical instruction in fundamentals of analog and digital
SLR and medium/large format camera operation, film exposure and development,
black and white darkroom techniques, digital imaging, and studio lighting.

Production time outside class is essential.

Limited enrollment.
Lab Fee.