Study Guide

Objective

The students will be able to
• identify the practices and types of documentary photography
• question and analyse documentary photography
• work independently within the given limitations
• use the tradition of documentary photography in relation to their own work

Content

On this course, the students will focus on the tradition and the present of documentary photography and apply this knowledge in their own work. The students will produce their own series of work within limitations given for the assignment.

Teaching methods

Lectures, assignments, discussions, demonstrations, and independent work.

International connections

The course is based on the student’s own artistic work, assignments, reading the material distributed during lectures, and feedback on the development of the documentary project. At the end of the course, a review of the students' work will be organized. Attendance is mandatory for the entire course, and assessment is specific to each professional subject.

Content scheduling

Joint Implementation: Documentary Photography + Photographic Methods II
The courses are implemented together, with the same program applied to both.

The implementations are linked so that each student creates an independent, sequential series as part of the documentary photography project. The course also deepens skills in image editing, InDesign, and printing, while introducing the requirements that the print industry imposes on images.

The main focus is on each student’s individual artistic work within the documentary project and its sequential execution in the Photographic Methods II course.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Irreplaceable absences.
Unsubmitted assignments.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The student has participated in interactive sessions and successfully completed the assignments.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The student has demonstrated a general understanding of the topics covered in the course and is able to apply them in their own work.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student is able to reflect on their learning in relation to their previous knowledge and has demonstrated a personal perspective in their work, as well as the ability to justify their solutions.