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.
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
$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.