Honors Digital Photography

The curriculum emphasizes the development of a more
comprehensive visual language allowing students to demonstrate
both technical and conceptual mastery reflective of contemporary
photography. Instruction supports the individual student interests
is aimed at further developing the visual foundation through
digital technical practices. Emphasis is placed on the student’s
individual ideation and a personalized portfolio design as it relates
to an individualized image making process. In a workshop setting,
students explore how to successfully employ photographic
imagery in contemporary society, culture, economy, and politics
through art, advertising, social documentary, fashion, and
activism. The course focuses on the specialization of a student’s
practice through the formations of a self-motivated body of work
in photography, which reflect the technical, conceptual, historical,
and practical knowledge that the student has gained.