Class Photography Theory

Students should acquire basic knowledge in the field of photography, including basic: knowledge about the role of the photographer, reinvention of the media, photographic practices, a picture of its presence in the art world, the paper of photographic image in communication and the theoretical reflection on photography.

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1. General information on photography, the role of the photographer, photographic practices and theoretical reflection on photography 3. Basic rules of photographic composition. 3. Photographic Image in communication. 3.1 Photojournalism, product photography, advertising photography and the scientific photography. 4. The relationship of photography with the performing arts. 6. Documents and transfiguration of the real. 7. The Photograph in the first half of the twentieth century 8. Presence of contemporary art. 9. The photographic art practices, the visual test, the relation of conceptual art to photography. 10.  Verbal photo, the relationship of photography with text in conceptual art, artistic design and its context in the sense of image. 11. Anti-photographers, the reinvention of the media, appropriation, amateur interest in photography, file and advertising 12. Picture as a tool. 13. The relationship of photography with the performing arts (dance, music and theater) and performance art

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