This class welcomes students who have successfully completed previous coursework or projects using alternative or historical photographic processes, including "Experimental Photography: An Introduction" offered this and recent summers at Evergreen. Students will have the opportunity to deepen their skills and expand their experimentation through project-based work. Students will complete project proposals, research techniques, concepts, history, and/or theory, compile a source list, and present their research and creative work in a final portfolio and a culminating group exhibition at the end of the term. Class sessions include supervised work sessions, group and individual critiques, presentations, and a day-long field trip to visit a local artist's studio on Vashon or Bainbridge Island. The project-based design of this class will help students strengthen their self-direction and project management skills.
Registration
Students must have successfully completed "Experimental Photography: An Introduction" in Summer 2023 or in a previous summer at Evergreen, or have successfully completed a similar class or project in cameraless/alternative photographic processes. Contact the instructor at jzay@evergreen.edu to obtain a signature.
Academic Details
Arts, Humanities, Education
$125 fee covers covers materials ($75) and media studio fee ($50).
Total out-of-pocket costs could range $20-$100 above the paper and materials covered by the course fee, depending on the project the student designs. Any handouts will be provided as hard copies and/or PDFs for download. An optional textbook, "The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes" (3rd edition), by Christopher James, is approx $75 to buy or $26 to rent.