IUPUI Campus Bulletin 2010-2012

• Degree Programs
  • Bachelor of Art Education
  • B.A. in Art History
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts
    • Ceramics
    • Furniture Design
    • General Fine Arts
    • Painting
    • Photography
    • Printmaking
    • Sculpture
    • Visual Communication
• Student Learning Outcomes

Undergraduate Programs

Degree Programs

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Photography

As digital technology effectively blurs the line between films, periodicals, television, and photographs, students of photography are constantly challenged to define and reexamine the photographer’s role in contemporary art practices.

A photography student will approach the study of photography beginning with traditional black and white materials and progress to color processes with a concentrated examination of contemporary still and moving digital medias.  By examining the history of photography, you will understand the roles photography played in culture throughout the past and its current position as an art form and cultural phenomena. Technical proficiency, personal growth, as well as conceptual and aesthetic development are emphasized equally.

Herron’s photography facilities are among the best in the nation. With our new facilities on the campus of IUPUI, the department has multiple black and white labs, individual color and advanced darkrooms, a computer lab, a shooting studio, a dedicated finishing area, and gallery. This permits students to work in a variety of formats and media, including basic black and white printing, Type C color and Ilfochrome color printing, advanced black and white printing and developing, mixed and alternative processes, digital media, and video. Students will have access to professional equipment, including medium format, 4x5, Polaroid, and video cameras, studio lighting kits, light meters, tripods, and state of the art digital equipment.

Mastering technical processes and developing your own artistic vision prepares you for a choice of multiple careers in photography and related fields. Employment opportunities include working perhaps as a studio artist and exhibiting work in fine art galleries and museums; employed as a documentarian, publishing work in newspaper and other print venues or working in a museum documenting works of art; as a commercial photographer; or as a portraitist. Many of our graduates work in emerging digital media, still, moving, and Web.

Photography Suggested Plan of Study

Sophomore Year

* Students should take K211 or D202 or D211. If students choose to take D202 or D211, they should take those courses in the spring, after they have completed D201.

Junior Year

Senior Year