Contemporary photography 2700-M-DM-D2FOWS-FPR
The aim of the course is:
- showing the Photographs impact on invention, the development of art and culture
- show photography as a discipline of knowledge, its tools, language, image and art,
- Showing the social and documentary functions of photography.
The way to meet this objective is to familiarize students with the trend continuing on the traditions of photography: classical, experimental, documentary, advertising and photography and to analyze the situation of technological change (digital).
Type of course
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, students should be able to:
- Analyze and critique the most important phenomena of contemporary photography,
- Describe the role of photography as a discipline of knowledge, tools, knowledge, language, art and culture
Assessment criteria
Written essay, exam, participation in classes
Practical placement
Lack of
Bibliography
Bright Susan, Art Photography Now, 2005
Campany David, Art and Photography, 2007
Cotton Charlotte, Fotografia jako sztuka współczesna, Kraków 2010
Czartoryska Urszula, Przygody plastyczne fotografii, Warszawa 1965.
Czartoryska Urszula, Od pop-artu do sztuki konceptualnej, Warszawa 1976.
Kępińska Alicja, Dziamski Grzegorz, Wojnecki Stefan (red.), Fotografia realność medium, Poznań, 1997
Michałowska Marianna, Niepewność przedstawienia. Od kamery obskury do współczesnej fotografii, Kraków 2004
New Pespektives in Photography (praca zbiorowa),Phaidon Press 2006
Rouille Andre, Fotografia. Między dokumentem a sztuką współczesną, Kraków 2007
Sikora Sławomir, Fotografia, między dokumentem a symbolizmem, Izabelin 2004
Soulages Francois, Estetyka fotografii. Strata i zysk, Kraków 2007
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