ARTSVIS 768S · also DOCST 768S
The View Camera: Black and White Large Format Photography
Thomas S. Rankin
Description from DukeHub
Advanced, production-based photography course introduces students to the 4 x 5 large format view camera and its role in the documentary tradition. Learn to operate a view camera and attendant processes and materials to develop black and white sheet film and make silver gelatin contact prints from 4 x 5 negatives. Begins with focus on black and white negatives and contact prints. After demonstration of proficiency, students may optionally work in color film. Students produce a final portfolio of prints from their work throughout the semester. Class meetings consist of lectures, demonstrations, darkroom work, and critique of both process and final images.
Skills
- makingdescription: "photography" and 3 more
AI-resilient: 3 of 5
- Yes: Physical, lab or field work · "darkroom"
- No: Live work with people
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- Yes: A craft you practice with your hands or body · "camera"
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 3 seats per section
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