Theories of Photography 1

Mode of Delivery

e-course

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

History of Photography 1-2, Contemporary Photography Practices 1-2

Course Contents

Sections are read from the basic texts, which are directly or indirectly related to the photograph. The definitions made regarding the ontological structure of photography and the differences between these definitions are tried to be revealed historically and theoretically.

Weekly Schedule

1) On the Lesson Content and Method
2) On Theory, Beauty and Art Concepts
3) On Aesthetics and Art Theories 01
4) On Aesthetics and Art Theories 02
5) On the Writings of W.H.F. Talbot, C. Baudelaire, and F.V.E. Delacroix
6) On the Writings of W. Benjamin 01
7) On the Writings of W. Benjamin 02
8) Fall Semester Midterm Exam
9) On the Writings of Henri Cartier-Bresson
10) On the Writings of Andre Bazin
11) On the Writings of Umberto Eco
12) On the Writings of John Berger 01
13) On the Writings of John Berger 02
14) On the Writings of John Berger 03
15) A General Evaluation of the Lesson Content
16) Fall Semester Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

1- A New History of Photography, Derleyen: Michel. A Frizot, Köneman, Paris, 1998 Roland Barthes, “Camera Lucida”, Altıkırkbeş, 1992 Geoffrey Batchen (edit.), “Photography Degree Zero”, MIT, 2011 Walter Benjamin, “Pasajlar”, YKY, 2008 Walter Benjamin, “Fotoğrafın Kısa Tarihçesi”, YGS, 2002 Gisele Freund, “Fotoğraf ve Toplum”, Sel Yayıncılık, 2007 Michel Frizot, “A New History of Photography”, Könemann, 1998 Susan Sontag “Fotoğraf Üzerine”, Altıkırkbeş, 1993 Michel Foucault, “Bilginin Arkeolojisi”, Ayrıntı, 2011 Michel Foucault, “Kelimeler ve Şeyler”, İmge, 1994 Michel Frizot, “A New History of Photography”, Könemann, 1998 W.J.T.Mitchell, “Picture Theory”, The University of Chicago Press, 1994 Rosalind Krauss, “The Optical Unconscious”, October, 1994 Alan Trachtenberg (edit.), “Classic Essays on Photography”, Leete’s Island Books, 1980 Memory Studies http://mss.sagepub.com Marcel Proust “Kayıp Zamanın İzinde”, (seri) YKY, 2010 Memory Studies http://mss.sagepub.com Marcel Proust “Kayıp Zamanın İzinde”, (seri) YKY, 2010 Göktan, M. Çağatay (2014). Kavramsal Fotoğraf. Doktora (Sanatta Yeterlik) Tezi, Kocaeli Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü (Danışman: Prof.Dr. Simber ATAY-ESKİER). Sturken, Marita ve Cartwright, Lisa (2009) Practices of Looking: An Tim N. Gidel, Modern Photojournalism: Origin and Evolution, 1910 – 1933, Macmillan Publishing Co.,Inc., New York, 1973 Peter Burke, Afişten Heykele, Minyatürden Fotoğrafa Tarihin Görgü Tanıkları, Çev: Zeynep Yelçe, Kitap Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2003 Merleau-Pony, Maurice (2006) Göz ve Tin. İstanbul: Metis. Crary, Jonathan (2010) Gözlemcinin Teknikleri: On Dokuzuncu Yüzyılda Görme ve Modernite. İstanbul: Metis, 2001. Benjamin, Walter (2002) “Tekniğin Olanaklarıyla Yeniden Üretilebildiği Çağda Sanat Yapıtı.” Pasajlar. İstanbul: YKY (50-86). Berger, John (2012) Görme Biçimleri. İstanbul: Metis Kevin Robins, İmaj-Görme Kültürünün Politikası, Çev: Nurçay Türkoğlu, Ayrıntı Yayınları, Birinci Basım, İstanbul, 1999 Simber Atay, “Zaman Beni Sürükleyen Bir Nehir, Ama Nehir Benim !...”, Anadolu Üniveritesi, İletişim Bilimleri Fakültesi Yayını, Eskilehir, Şubat 1997 Simber Atay, “Fotoğraf ve Sabit Fikirler”, Sinemasal, Ortak Kitap 5, İzmir, Yaz 2000

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Demonstration
5) Simulation
6) Brain Storming
7) Case Study

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade	20%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	80%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required