Art Studio 384lv - Topics in Photography: Light--Visibility and Erasure
Topics-Photography: Light
Spring
2022
01
4.00
Amiko Li
TU TH 1:20 PM - 4:00 PM
Smith College
ARS-384lv-01-202203
Hillyer 218
ali92@smith.edu
This course explores the technological, poetic, and conceptual potential of light within photography
and lens-based practices. Approaches include material-focused darkroom processes, studio lighting
techniques, and the option to work with digital production and presentation technologies (such as
scanning, laser cutting, projection, or VR). The course incorporates quick experimentation and
sustained independent work, engaging ways in which light (and its absence) is a central lever within
photographic production, materiality, and meaning. This course can be repeated once for credit with a
different topic. Enrollment limited to 12. Prerequisites: ARS 282 . Instructor permission required.
and lens-based practices. Approaches include material-focused darkroom processes, studio lighting
techniques, and the option to work with digital production and presentation technologies (such as
scanning, laser cutting, projection, or VR). The course incorporates quick experimentation and
sustained independent work, engaging ways in which light (and its absence) is a central lever within
photographic production, materiality, and meaning. This course can be repeated once for credit with a
different topic. Enrollment limited to 12. Prerequisites: ARS 282 . Instructor permission required.