Syllabus
Themes of the seminars:
BEGINNINGS OF PHOTOGRAPHY
BEGINNINGS OF ART PHOTOGRAPHY
THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE KEY FEATURES OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA
PHOTOJOURNALISM
Magnum Photos, Family of Man, Life, Look, Picture Post, Stern, Paris Match, Time
Weegee, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Werner Bischof, David Seymour, René Burri, Eugen W. Smith, Elliott ErwittBischoff, Marc Riboud, Leonard Freed, Robert Doisneau, Sebastio Salgado and others
WAR PHOTOJOURNALISM
Robert Capa, David Douglas Duncan, Donald McCullin, Philip Jones Griffith, Tim Page, Gilles Peress, James Nachtwey, Patrick Chauvell, Jan Šibík
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY AND DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE WORLD
Newyork school of photography - Weegee, Helen Levitt, Lisette Model, Diane Arbus, Robert Frank, William Klein, Charles Harbutt, Lee Friedlander, Garry Winogrand, Joel Meyrowitz, William Eggleston, Martin Parr, R. Billingham, Karl de Keyzer, Nan Goldin, Nabuyoshi Araki, Alex Webb, Sebastiaõ Salgado, W. Tillmans, Stephen Shore ad.
CZECH PHOTOGRAPHY
Sudek, Drtikol, Josef Koudelka, Markéta Luskačová, Pavel Štecha, Vojtěch Dukát, Jindřich Štreit, Bohdan Holomíček, Viktor Kolář,
POSTMODERNISM IN THE PHOTOGRAPHY AND STAGED PHOTOGRAPHY
Staged photography in postmodern times: Les Krims, Cindy Sherman, Robert Mapplethorpe, Sally Man, Bettina Rheims, Joel-Peter Witkin, William Wegman, Bettina Rheims, Andreas Serrano, A.E.S., Matthew Barney, N. Araki. Pierre & Gilles, Gilbert & George, Barbara Kruger, Aziz & Cucher. Bernard Faucon, Tina Barney, Phillipe Lorca diCorcia, Jeff Wall. Parallels in the Czech photography
DIGDIGITALLY MANIPULATED PHOTOGRAPHY
Nancy Burson, Eva a Franco Mattes, Anthony Aziz, Sammy Cucher, Gregory Crewdson, Jeff Wall, Alexander Gursky. Libera ad.
PHOTOJOURNALISM AGENCIES AND STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY
Magnum Photos, Gamma, Sigma, Sipa, Contact Press Images, Panos Pictures, VII Photos Agency. Digitalizace - Corbis. Fotobanka Getty Images.
WORLD COMPETITION
Journalistic photography Czech Press Photo, World Press Photo, Picture of The Year, Pulitzer.
PHOTOJOURNALISM IN THE DIGITAL AGE
PHILOSOPHY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
The key theoretical texts and methodologies.
Annotation
The course familiarises students with developmental tendencies of the photographic medium since beginning till these days. It concentrates on photographic styles and photographers who have significantly influenced the development of photography, discuss problems associated with the advent of digital technology and their influence on the development of photography. Basic theoretical concepts are described.
Active participation of students in classes is expected. Students are recommended literature and monographs, including visits to photographic exhibitions.