Photography is now in a state of productive fluidity. The boundary between what is and what is not a photograph is dissolving. Whether still or moving, instantaneous or posed, digital or analog, the photographic image is now a malleable cultural and aesthetic form of representation. An informed practice of photography is aware of the heterogeneous visual traditions of fine art as well as the specific traditions of photography as art. Our students also engage with practices of reading and writing about the still image, informed by theories of art, representation, and culture.
The program offers:
- understanding of photography as an expanded and interdisciplinary art practice with no fixed identity
- emphasis on the relation between photography and the book, text, and image
- black-and-white and color darkrooms, analog and digital, with facilities to make prints up to 125 cm wide
- photography studios equipped with flash, tungsten, and daylight
