MDS-20040 - Module Specification
School of Humanities
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

none

Barred Combinations

none

Description for 2024/25

Creative Digital Image Production (Photography) places an emphasis on both creative digital photographic practice and theory. During the module you are introduced to different genres of photography and individual photographers work and asked pertinent questions about the definition and intent of the work as a mode of communication and its uses in the digital era. You will be able to advance both your contextual understanding of digital photographic practice, your own creative photographic practice and professional photographic skills. In practical workshops we will explore studio and exterior lighting, the use of different lenses and the variety of techniques available to the contemporary photographer using digital image making equipment. Students are asked to produce an individual photographic project and reflective analysis. Previous student projects have spanned a number of photographic genres including narrative, fine art (abstract and conceptual), documentary, studio, sports and street photography covering a range of subject matters such as the representation of women in sport, gender, consumerism, environmental issues, domestic violence, portraiture, memory and the family album.
Reading List
Although no textbook covers everything we do on this module the books listed below give a good overview of the subject area:
Clarkle G 1997 The Photograph Oxford University Press
Wells, L (ed) 2003 The Photography Reader Routledge
Wells, L (ed) 2009 Photography: a critical introduction Routledge
Sturken M, Cartwright L, 2001 Practices of Looking: an introduction to visual culture Oxford University Press
Sontag, S. 2002 On Photography Harmondsworth: Penguin
Burgin, V (ed) 1982. Thinking photography Basingstoke: Macmillan
Soloman-Godeau, A. 1997 Photography At The Dock University of Minnesota Press
Barthes, R. Camera Lucida: reflections on photography. Translated by R. Howard 1984 London Flamingo

To allow students to develop a critical understanding of photographic theory and practical skills in digital still image production by producing a coherent portfolio /series of images and a reflective analysis of their work

Intended Learning Outcomes

demonstrate a structured and objective approach to the analysis and discussion of photographic theory and practice: 1,2
plan and complete a coherent individual digital photographic project: 1,2
demonstrate critical self-evaluation of their project and its production process in the context of photographic theory and practice: 1
develop professional software skills: 2
acquire and apply enhanced skills in digital still-image production acquired during the module: 2

Study hours

24 hours of lectures and workshops.
32 hours practical work in the lab or on students own digital appliances and project research.
30 hours preparation of creative project.
64 hours of reflection, revision and consolidation of lectures, pre production, production and post production of the creative project.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment