B.A. GRAPHIC DESIGN 2019/2020.

LEVEL 4 / YR 1.
MODULE: GD 4002.
WORKSHOP 1. ROTATION 2.
TUTORS. Paul Jenkins and Andrew Moran.
DATES. Introduction Tuesday Oct 8th – Final Review Thursday Oct 17th
ROOM. Photography Space.
GROUP SIZE. Individual.

INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOGRAPHY: NEW WAYS of LOOKING & SEEING.

OVERVIEW.
 All students will work individually to develop new and imaginative Photography Ideas.
 Using a Digital Camera, embrace this new way of Thinking and Seeing.
 Respond and produce 3 or 4 initial quick Ideas and possibilities, through a series of tests, re-photographing,
re-imagining, beginning to develop and adopt the outlined working methods and ways of seeing.
 Edit these images, and produce Print Contact Sheets, marked up (The start of your Visual Research Material).
 Each student is asked to Pin Up/Present to the group on Day 2.
 Following support and advice from the Pin Up and Group Tutorials, you will continue to TEST and push these initial experiments,
with each student being encouraged to develop and produce a final Set of Images.
 Through a point of view, that responds, articulates, and interprets the Brief, you will create new visions.

“A photograph is not necessarily a lie, but it isn’t the truth either. It’s more like a fleeting, subjective impression.”
John Berger. Art Critic, Author.

BRIEF. WITNESS.
The term WITNESS can be considered in many different ways, Testimony, Knowledge, Evidence, Observations. Seeing is
sometimes deceiving. The act of witnessing something may have numerous differences or story lines, depending upon what you think or
believed you observed. Photographers often endeavour to convey what they have witnessed, but in an age of “Fake News”, the very term
Witness comes into question, “How truthful is a Photograph”? The power of photographs can chronical stories, events, historical
narratives, but the photograph itself has been challenged as an objective record. Archives can be manipulated to bear witness in many
different ways, helping to re-shape culture and our understanding.
This re-interpretation of history, places the photographic image under the microscope. What is truth?
This visual dilemma has been magnified by digital software such as Photoshop, enabling us to question a portrait as not merely a likeness
but a new invention, a different likeness. We therefore start to move into an area where images are not fixed statements of fact. They can
be interpreted in many different ways.

The WITNESS that you depict may be categorised as: eye witness, expert witness, unreliable witness, or even false witness. Use these
stances as ways of highlighting, questioning, offering critical visual commentary on places, events, people, using methods of
appropriation, to convey new narratives. They could be subjective–intimate, reflective, or reaction to an event as it unfolds. It could be
instinctive, it should be objective, a reasoned and factual encounter.

TEXT: To support your visual enquiry, we ask you

to read and look at: “The Photograph as Contemporary Art” (2004), Charlotte Cotton, read
Chapter 6, “Moments in History” pp167-189.
“Vitamin Ph” (2006), A Photography Book with a range of Photographers and Philosophies.

WEEK 1.

OCT TUES 8th A.M. Photography Introduction. Paul presentations (1hr). Studio visits Knights Park.
Paul. P.M. Group debate/questions, Ideas, Technical issues, Go and experiment.
OCT WED 9th A.M. ONLY. All students to Pin-Up before 9.30, Communicate initial Ideas and Thinking.
Paul. Clarify conceptual directions, Individual possible refinement and development of ideas.
Oct THURS 10th A.M. Photography Introduction/Talk, Andrew presentation (40mins).
Andrew. Group Tutorials: Gr 1 10.40 – 11.20, Gr 2 11.20 – 12.00, Gr 3 12.00 - 12.40.
P.M. Group Tutorials: Gr 4 1.40 – 2.20, Gr 5 2.20 – 3.00, Gr 6 3.00 – 3.40,
Interim Tutorials. 3.40 – 4.20.
WEEK 2.

OCT TUES 15th A.M. Whole Group discussion, followed by Group Tutorials:
Paul. Gr 1 10.40 – 11.20, Gr 2 11.20 – 12.00, Gr 3 12.00 – 12.40.
P.M. Gr 4 1.40 – 2.20, Gr 5 2.20 – 3.00, Gr 6 3.00 – 3.40. Final issues 3.40 – 4.30.
OCT WED 16th A.M. Refinement, Communication, preparing final Presentations.
Self-directed.
OCT THURS 17th A.M. Whole Group Review. ALL to Pin Up (include Project Log) ready for 10.00 Start.
Paul & Andrew. A.M. Feedback 10.00. Half of the Individual presentations 5 minutes each.
P.M. Feedback 2.00. Second half of the Individual presentations 5 minutes each.
Round Up of the Groups achievements.
Project Requirements.

Aims
To encourage you to:
 Explore the potential of Photography as a successful means of communication,
through new ideas and craft skills.
 Learning to develop a personal vision.
 Building new visual vocabularies, to inform and excite.

Learning Outcomes:
On completion of the project you should be able to demonstrate:
 Be more proficient with using your camera.
 Have a greater awareness of image editing
 Realising the importance of editing to clearly express and convey your ideas.

Criteria for Module Assessment.

 Research and Analysis.
 Creative Development.
 Design development and Realisation.
 Professional and Executive Ability.