Curriculum subject

Photographic Representation and Expression. Apparel and Identity

Subject
Subject code	FE.41.09
Subject name	Photographic Representation and Expression. Apparel and Identity
Credit points	2 ECTS
Grading method	Distinctive

Curriculum subject
Curriculum	2015 2271
Study year	3
Semester	Spring semester
Subject type	Mandatory

General description
• the evolution of fashion photography; • fashion photography as an indicator of values in society; apparel, "taste" and moral norms; • the semantics and significatory space of fashionable clothing; reflecting and entrenching value systems; • working with models; opening up the models and "tuning" them for fashion photography. • creating space and psychological atmosphere in fashion photography; • imitating and surpassing the historic styles when learning fashion photography; • the origin of the elements in staged fashion photography: theatre, painting, cinema; the specific character of staged fashion photography; • the applications of fashion photography; • creating original fashion photographs.

Study outcome
On successful completion of this course the students should be able to: • have diverse knowledge of the historical and contemporary practice of staged fashion photography; • know the different applications of fashion photography; • work with models in open air and in the studio; to use props and accessories; • direct the facial expressions, gesticulation and poses involved in fashion photography; • the semantics of apparel, especially its significatory space in picturel representations; • differentiate between the styles involved in independent creative work and that of the dominant commercial style; • create an effective artwork within the genre or by creatively trespassing the borders of the genre.

Current rounds
Photographic Representation and Expression. Apparel and Identity F-17