Cooper Union

Advanced Photography: Alternative Processes

This course breaks the barriers between digital and analog photography, transforming meaning and content through various forms of manipulation. Fastpaced hands-on demos include hand-applied photographic emulsions (such as cyanotype, Van Dyke, palladium, and liquid light) and digital printing/transferring options (beyond emulating the traditional print, on surfaces such as paper, wood, metal, fabric, etc.). Eco-friendly options will be discussed and explored. The production of large-format analog and digital negatives will also be explored. Student work will be discussed in relation to contemporary art issues.

3 credits. Pre-Req: L/S/P I and Pre/Co-Req: L/S/P II. May be repeated.

Course Code: FA-366

Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.
“My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”
From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.
Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.