workshop activities and didactic discussion

passing the entrance exam; general knowledge of history of culture and art; basic knowledge of using programmes for editing graphic files and photographs in order to fulfil the tasks of the studio

the ability to consciously use the graphic artist's craft and to present all semester assignments during the final or semester review.

- evaluation of the individual artistic development of the student. - evaluation of the artistic and technical level of the works performed by the student and the creative results achieved. - evaluation of the individual involvement of the student in the realization of tasks. - evaluation of the ability to translate the instructions received during the classes into the quality of the student's work. - evaluation of the level of presentation of own work.

The curriculum is designed to prepare students to work independently in studio and outdoor settings and to expand their existing knowledge of the broadly defined artistic field of Photography. Among others, this concerns: - development of artistic awareness within their own creative activities, including basic photographic issues - skills of reading and transposing phenomena occurring in the surrounding reality into the photographic language - training of individual language of expression within photographic techniques

• Juliet Hacking, Historia Fotografii, Wydawnictwo Arkady, Warszawa 2014. • Vilém Flusser, Ku filozofii fotografii, Folia Academiae, Katowice 2004. • Lech Lechowicz, Historia Fotografii, PWSFTiT im. L.Schillera, Łódź 2012. • Gavin Evans, Historia kolorów, tajemniczy świat barw, Wydawnictwo Bellona, Warszawa 2019 • Susan Sontag, O fotografii, Wydawnictwo Artystyczne i Filmowe, Warszawa 1986.

• Roland Bartes, Światło obrazu. Uwagi o fotografii, Warszawa 1996. • Ian Jeffrey, Jak czytać fotografię, lekcje mistrzów fotografii, Wyd. Universitas Kraków 2008 • John Berger, O patrzeniu, Fundacja Aletheia, Warszawa 1999. • Geniusz zaklęty w fotografii, BBC, 1996. • www.alternativephotography.com

Classes at the Photography Studio are held in a photographic studio and darkroom. The studio is equipped with specialized equipment used during classes at the university. Students also complete individual assignments for the semester, therefore each student should have a digital and analog camera. The preferred equipment as well as any materials needed for the individual tasks are discussed in class in advance. Number of ECTS credits 2 ECTS credits 60 hours per semester