Artistic media the camera arts/ART 102/Overview

Overview for Artistic Media: The camera arts

This learning pathway is an introduction to the camera arts. Topics are:

• Early development
• Impact on other media
• Form and content
• Darkroom processes
• The human element
• Color images
• Photojournalism
• Modern developments
• Time based media: Film, video, and digital

Objectives

Upon successful completion of this learning pathway, you should be able to:

• Explain the effect photography has had on traditional artistic media.
• Communicate how time-based mediums affect issues of content.
• Compare and contrast different photographic processes.
• Recognize and explain issues of form and content in photographs.
• Explain the three elements of photojournalism.
• Describe the effects photojournalism has on the news media.