Learning Outcomes
The focus of this course is on digital printmaking of photographic content and the creation of printed photographic works. Upon completion of the course students will have advanced knowledge, skills and abilities related to:
- digital photo printmaking techniques
- principles governing inkjet printing of digital image files
- the relationship between software, printers, inks and substrates and the management of their combinations,
- the ability to apply digital color management for repetitive optimal printing results
- the creative dimension of digital technology in the field of photographic printmaking
- the effective communication of photo printing requirements
- the evaluation of printed photoworks in terms of their aesthetic and communicative impact.
- making decisions that affect the aesthetics of the printed photographic image and the ability to complete the production of a printed photographic portfolio
General Competences
- Practical application of knowledge
- Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies
- Adaptation to new situations
- Decision making
- Autonomous work
- Teamwork
- Work in an international environment
- Work in an interdisciplinary environment
- Project design and management
- Exercise criticism and self-criticism
- Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking
- Promotion of creative and artistic practice
Course Outline
- The printed photo
- Reproduction methods
- Devices, Inks, Substrates
- Color Management
- Quality assessment
- Creative interventions – possibilities and limits
- Printing a series of photographs
- Printmaking – The photographer’s role
RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Suggested bibliographic resources.
- White G (E), 2007. Photography and the Art of Digital Printing. Berkeley: New Riders.
- Class notes
- Online resources
The bibliography of the course is dynamically formed and is always available at the beginning of the semester through the asynchronous education platform Open eClass.