"ARTS 298/398 Landscape Photography and Environmental Activism O’Dell F" by Cindy O'Dell
 

Document Type

Syllabus

Publication Date

Fall 9-1-2024

Course Description

In this course, you will learn about landscape photography in the context of climate change. Students will be expected to create landscape photographs based on what they learn in the class, their own research and creative exploration. Students will also need to step outside their comfort zone and explore environments that might be new to them. We will critique the ideas of romantic and idealized landscape photographs and consider new ways of developing ideas visually about the landscape. Students should expect to work outside in all types of weather. We may also take field trips to various locations in Putnam County. We will view many documentaries about photographers, climate change and the environment to guide our conversations and inspire our photographic work. You will be expected to view films outside of class and respond to what you have seen. We will discuss readings and films during class time and this will constitute your participation grade. Students should expect to spend about 5-8 hours a week outside of class time photographing.

Student Outcomes

Students will be able to ….. --Think critically about how landscapes are constructed --Learn to see the landscape as a controlled, monitored and defined space --Create their own personally derived creative landscape photographs --Control and manage their camera and equipment --Control and manage printing output formats --Create art that synthesizes visual art strategies --Communicate ideas about an artwork’s form, concept and context --Generate artwork that conveys original research -- Understand and value artistic, cultural, and scientific achievements and the limits of those achievements, past and present.

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