Schedule


# Schedule

## Week 1

- Introductions
- Review course outline
- Welcome survey
- Capturing and basic image management
- Presentation schedule
- Assignment #2 overview

**Materials:** [Slides](https://www.figma.com/slides/htNx05voJUXGdzI5q5SIgB/PHOT-332-%3E-Class-%232?node-id=8-638&t=QWtfbfBPxEPgzHKc-1) · [Example RAW files](/phot332/assets/samples/example-raw-files.zip)

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## Week 2

- Studio time

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## Week 3

- Image optimization workflow
- Advanced scanning techniques
- Assignment #2 Q&A
- **Reading #1 presentation:** [*Nonhuman Photography*](https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262552622/nonhuman-photography/) by Joanna Zylinska · [Companion site](https://www.nonhuman.photography/) · [Presentation slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FINRXWveMgv07g_F-n8Rg2_u1rPHbRey7TTsUW8JCYc/edit#slide=id.g32b44eda370_0_78)

**Materials:** [Slides](https://www.figma.com/slides/J0Jdp6nzgRvZJivMoOo3eK/PHOT-332--%3E-Week-%233?node-id=4001-20&t=ixeXztEBK9E496QP-1) · [Sample images](/phot332/assets/samples/week-03-sample-images.zip)

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## Week 4

- Advanced Photoshop techniques
- Photography and AI image generation
- Printing workflow: preparing files for large-scale prints
- **Reading #2 presentation:** [*Artificial Aesthetics*](https://manovich.net/index.php/projects/artificial-aesthetics) by Lev Manovich + Emanuele Arielli · Chapter 5

*Lab fees due. Please email receipt to the professor.*

**Materials:** [Slides](https://www.figma.com/slides/7EKpeJJbpW67hOOB1UJ03u/PHOT-332--%3E-Week-%234?node-id=4001-20&t=PDAWGtGEUdER2SNI-1) · [Sample images](/phot332/assets/samples/week-04-sample-images.zip)

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## Week 5

- Extending Photoshop
- Lecture on contemporary artist using composite images
- To be determined
- **Reading #3 presentation:** [*Duty Free Art*](https://www.versobooks.com/products/486-duty-free-art) by Hito Steyerl · [Original essay (e-flux)](https://www.e-flux.com/journal/63/60894/duty-free-art)

**Materials:** [Slides](https://www.figma.com/slides/Q4zkOvRUHCpa96RZ993FlZ/PHOT-332--%3E-Week-%235?node-id=4004-205&t=Ri7s1EZZLWrvNwac-1) · [Sample images](/phot332/assets/samples/week-05-sample-images.zip)

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## Week 6

- Lecture on contemporary artist using composite images
- Printing workflow review
- Preparing images for digital outputs

**Materials:** [Slides](https://www.figma.com/slides/yuJagLlpDCP9ZdZZisAfgg/PHOT-332--%3E-Week-%236?node-id=10004-204&t=lk5UGLNkYHi1srwc-1) · [Sample images (2.6 MB)](/phot332/assets/samples/week-06-sample-images.zip)

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## Week 7 — Reading Week (No Class)

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## Week 8 (TBD)

- Students present Assignment #2 during class
- **Reading #4 presentation:** [*Immediacy or, The Style of Too Late Capitalism*](https://www.versobooks.com/products/3031-immediacy-or-the-style-of-too-late-capitalism) by Anna Kornbluh · “Imaginary”

*Assignment #2 due during class.*

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## Week 9

- Displaying images online: Part I
- Assignment #3 overview
- **Reading #5 presentation:** [*Disordered Attention*](https://www.versobooks.com/products/2942-disordered-attention) by Claire Bishop

**Materials:** [Slides](https://www.figma.com/slides/z6CKy9P8RLqGmMrY7Vu2cj/PHOT-332--%3E-Week-%239?node-id=12008-94&t=tDvFnjzwzZ4uJyhV-1)

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## Week 10

- Displaying images online: Part II
- **Reading #6 presentation:** [*The Perception Machine*](https://www.nonhuman.photography/perception-machine) by Joanna Zylinska · [MIT Press](https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262546836/the-perception-machine/) · Supplementary: [*Digital Divide*](https://www.artforum.com/features/digital-divide-contemporary-art-and-new-media-200814/) by Claire Bishop (Artforum)

**Materials:** [Slides](https://www.figma.com/slides/UElCJ5YHQIOrl0A4rfqJET/PHOT-332--%3E-Week-%2310?node-id=4001-20&t=cil2srAqBWFtnpHH-1)

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## Week 11

- Individual meetings (optional)
- Studio time

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## Week 12

- Final presentations and critiques: Group A

*Assignment #3 due during class.*

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## Week 13

- Final presentations and critiques: Group B

*Assignment #3 due during class.*