Experimental Photography: Projects

Quarters
Summer Signature
Location
Olympia
Class Standing
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Julia Zay

This program welcomes students who have successfully completed previous coursework or projects using alternative or historical photographic processes, including "Experimental Photography: An Introduction" offered this and in recent summers at Evergreen. Students can deepen their skills and expand their experimentation through project-based work. Students will complete project proposals, plans, and timelines, conduct research on techniques, concepts, history, and/or theory, compile a source list, and present their research and creative work in a portfolio, presentation, and a culminating group exhibition at the end of the term. Class sessions include supervised work sessions, group and individual critiques, presentations, and a day-long field trip to visit a local artist's studio on Vashon or Bainbridge Island. The project-based design of this class will help students strengthen their independent learning, self-direction, and project-management skills.

There is also a 4-credit option; students will scale their projects accordingly. 

Registration

To register for this program/class, students must have successfully completed previous coursework or projects using alternative or historical photographic processes, including "Experimental Photography: An Introduction" offered this and recent summers at Evergreen.

Signature Required

Students must have successfully completed "Experimental Photography: An Introduction" in Summer 2024 or in a previous summer at Evergreen or have successfully completed a similar class or project in cameraless/alternative photographic processes. Contact the instructor at jzay@evergreen.edu to obtain a signature.

Academic Details

Arts, Humanities, Education

8
12
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior

$135 fee covers photo paper and chemicals ($75) and the required media studio fee ($50).

Total out-of-pocket costs could range $20-$100 above the paper and materials covered by the course fee, depending on the project the student designs. Any handouts will be provided as hard copies and/or PDFs for download. An optional textbook, "The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes" (3rd edition), by Christopher James, is approximately $75 to buy or $26 to rent.

Schedule

Summer
2024
Signature
In Person (Su)

See definition of Hybrid, Remote, and In-Person instruction

Day
Schedule Details
Evans Hall 1320 - BW 8x10 Enlarger
Olympia