ARTD 4661 — Photography: Experimental Processes
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: falltypical days: WBostonTraditional
Offers a studio/lab course in which students study the history of photographic processes and contemporary approaches of the medium while creating their own photographs in the darkroom. Explores 19-century techniques such as camera obscura, photograms, cyanotypes, tintypes, kalli-types, cliché verre, and others. Investigates the use of analog film photography and digital photography in combination with alternative processes. The structure of the course is designed to present exciting ways of thinking about technical questions, materials, subject matter, and aesthetic approaches through experimentation.
Prerequisites
- one of:
- ARTD 2350 (min D-)
- ARTD 2360 (min D-)
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 53% | 7.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 12 | 16 | 75% | 4.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 63% | 6.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
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Common patterns: W (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Dana Mueller Robinson (100% of students) · reviews
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Links
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