Liz Andrews
Photography & Imaging
721 Broadway, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10003
Phone: 212 998 1930
photo.tsoa@nyu.edu OR
liz.andrews@nyu.edu
Dept. Website:
http://photo.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home.html
Overview:
The Department of Photography & Imaging at Tisch offers a four-year B.F.A. program centered on the making and understanding of images. Students explore photo-based imagery as personal and cultural expression. Situated within a university, our program offers students both the intensive focus of an arts curriculum and a serious and broad grounding in the liberal arts. We are a diverse department embracing multiple perspectives, and our 130 majors work in virtually all modes of analog and digital photo-based image making and multimedia.
Registration:
Students are encouraged to take advantage of Photo & Imaging courses for non-majors listed here:
http://specialprograms.tisch.nyu.edu/object/xregphotofall.html
All other courses are listed at the link below and may require special permission. If such restrictions are not already listed in the course description or on Albert, please contact Irene Cho for clarification.
http://photo.tisch.nyu.edu/page/courses.html
The department would like to promote the following courses for non-majors in the spring 2010 semester:
STUDIO COURSES
H82.1030 Dir. Projects: Performing the Problematic W 9:30-1:15
H82.1220 Community Collaboration M 6:00-8:30
H82.1216 Advanced Documentary Strategies W 6:00-9:45
H48.1100 Urban Ensemble T 6:00-9:45
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Directed Projects: Performing the Problematic
H82.1030 Studio 4 Credits
H82.1030 sec 2 #71325 Wafaa Bilal Wednesday 9:30-1:15 721 Bway, 824
Prerequisite: Photography & Imaging: Analog and Digital.
This course will address the problematic historical and theoretical background of an image by re-contextualizing it and placing it in contemporary time. Students will explore performance, photography, theory and history by recreating and performing historical works of art. Re-contextualizing images enables us to revisit history and the original objective of the artist. This process allows us to measure the progress we have made politically and socially since that period. Students will also learn how to manage large-scale projects and gain experience creating sets, lighting, documenting through photo, video and other technical skills. Each student or group will propose and spearhead one project and the class as a whole will participate in the actualization of each project. At the end of the course, there will be a show or public presentation of student works. Film, writing and performance students are highly encouraged to take this class.
Wafaa Bilal’s bio and information about his work can be seen here: http://www.wafaabilal.com.
Community Collaborations: New York City Teens Speak Out
H82.1220 Studio 4 Credits
H82.1220 sec 1 # 71334 Lorie Novak Monday 6-8:30 721 Bway, 815
Offered Spring only. Prerequisite: Junior standing, working knowledge of photoshop, community-based art teaching experience, or permission of instructor.
Community Collaborations (aka CoCo) is a participatory photography project where NYU students teach digital photography to NYC public high school students and use the Web for exhibition, self-expression, and community building. In this Photography & Imaging and Art & Public Policy Course, the NYU students work in teams of two or three and co-facilitate workshops with small groups of teens that meet twice a week from 3:30-6:00 on either Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday. Cameras and all supplies are provided and the workshops take place in Photography and Imaging’s digital labs. The teens are given digital cameras to photograph their families, friends, and communities to create photographic essays exploring their day-to-day lives, dreams, concerns, and social-political challenges. During the course time for NYU students, focus will be on workshop development, supervision, discussion of challenges and what it means to work in community engaged projects. There will also be guest speakers, visits to other community-based art programs, and assigned readings. Final projects will be published at the end of the semester on the Community Collaborations (CoCo) website, http://photoandimaging.net/coco. Please note that although this is a demanding course, it does not involve working on your own photographic projects. If you have any questions, please email lorie.novak@nyu.edu.
Community Collaborations started in 1996 in the Photography and Imaging Department. To see past work created in this course, visit http://www.photoandimaging.net/coco and see the CoCo books from 1996-2007 in the Photography and Imaging library. Also visit the course resource blog, http://photoandimagingcoco.blogspot.com, and the high school students blog, http://coconyu.blogspot.com. Community Collaborations is co-directed by Lorie Novak (founder) and Erika deVries. Funding is provided by the NYU Office of Civic Engagement and the Department of Photography & Imaging.
Advanced Documentary Strategies
H82.1216 Studio 4 Credits
H82.1216 sec 1 # 71333 Joe Rodriguez Wednesday 6-9:45 721 Bway, 815
Prerequisite: Photojournalism or Documentary Strategies, or permission by the department.
This course will explore conventional and alternative methods in documentary photography that have been used to explore a variety of subjects. Models such as the early Life magazine, the Farm Security Administration, collaborations between writers and photographers such as “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men” by Walker Evans and James Agee, the divergent coverage of the Vietnam War and the work by collectives will be among the many strategies discussed from a variety of cultures and political points of view. We will examine the variegated structure of the picture essay and contemplate the new potentials for it on a digital platform. While there will be readings assigned, the class concentrates on the student’s ability to conceptualize, carry out and produce one small and one large documentary project during the semester.
Joseph Rodriguez's bio can be seen here: http://photo.tisch.nyu.edu/object/RodriguezJ.html
Urban Ensemble
Professor Erika deVries
H48.1100.001 (Undergraduate)
H48.2100.001 (Graduate)
Tuesdays, 6:00 – 9:45pm
Undergraduate and Graduate
4 points
This course affords opportunities to learn how to teach in community-based arts settings. Class meetings will be devoted to expanding students' knowledge of teaching methods; exploring techniques and strategies for working with people in diverse situations; reading about and discussing selected collaborative and community projects; and brainstorming responses to challenges that arise at the internships. Emphasis is given to interdisciplinary tools-the combined use of photography, theatre, video, dance, and writing-although one form is usually prominent in any given situation. Guest lectures will be given by artists working with theater, photography, storytelling, and video.
In addition to a weekly class session, students participate once or twice a week in an arts-based internship with a community-based artist or organization. Internships are available in all disciplines with opportunities for students to lead their own groups or assist a practicing artist in the field. Sites include an after-school program for kids at a housing project, institutions that use the arts for healing, an arts for literacy project, programs dedicated to self- growth and community building, and local NYC public schools. A once a week internship for 10 weeks is required for 2 credits. To receive more than 2 credits, a more intensive internship must be arranged.
This course will count toward Elective credit for TSOA Students.
