COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Department of Photography

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SIMBER RANA ATAY

Offered to

Photography

Course Objective

The objective of the course is to define the meaning and importance of the Theory of Photography and its relation with History of Photography through an interdisciplinaire and intertextual vision.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Main references:
- Walter Benjamin, Pasajlar
- Walter Benjamin, Fotoğrafın Kısa Tarihçesi
- Gisele Freund, Fotoğraf ve Toplum
- Michel Frizot, A New History of Photography
- Susan Sontag Fotoğraf Üzerine
- John Berger, Bir Fotoğrafı Anlamak

Supplementary references: photo albums
Other course materials: Relevant visual materials

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To evaluate the sections of the relevant basic texts determined within the scope of the course, to evaluate and discuss the method, meaning and importance of these theories in the context of Art Photography and History of Photography through photographers poetics.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To create a critical vision that will be useful to students in the context of the Art Photography and History of Photography and in their personal creative works.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

simber.atay@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 8.30-10.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes