Veronica Melendez

This course explores the photography book as a distinctive art form, focusing on its design, construction, and history. Through a study of photographs, image sequencing, book layout, and contemporary trends in the field, students will gain a deeper understanding of how photography books are conceptualized and produced. Weekly assigned readings will inform students' appreciation for the creative depth and intention that artists pour into their books. While students will not be creating photography books in this course, they will engage in discussions that position the photography book as an artistic object in its own right. Students will leave this course being able to critically analyze photography books and with a foundational understanding of how this category of art books are placed within the art world. Keywords:Photography, Art books, Photography books, Image, Design

This course is an introduction to color photography using analog photography, digital photography, and the digital darkroom. Students will also be encouraged to push their photographs beyond the digital realm and have them exist as tangible objects. Weekly assignments and critiques will go over the student's aesthetic and technical progress. While readings and class discussions moving away from the western canon and centering BIPOC artists will introduce students to historical and contemporary photographers & movements. Lab sessions will cover a range of techniques including the nuances of color, color film, digital, color management and archival inkjet printing. An additional lab workshop will meet once a week for two hours. Keywords:Color Photography, photo workshop II, Digital Photography, color

PHOTOTRY:An Intersection of Mediums

This course will explore the many facets of zine making and look into the contemporary LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC zine scenes. Students will learn how to sequence photographs to better suit a book format and gain a comfortable understanding of Adobe InDesign to digitally lay out their images for printing. Using inkjet and laser printers, students will experiment with different output methods and will gain knowledge on various binding techniques. Class time will consist of lectures, group discussions from assigned readings, in-class weekly assignments, and group critiques Keywords:zines, photography, art books, book arts

This course will introduce students to contemporary artists from the Central American Diaspora living in the U.S and abroad. The artists surveyed in this course will be working within a broad range of mediums including film/video, photography, illustration, sculpture, and mixed media. Throughout the semester students will also have a chance to collaborate and create artworks inspired by the content covered in class. Class time will consist of lectures, assigned readings, group discussions, and in class project time. Keywords:diaspora studies, diaspora, central america, Latin America, art

This course will look into collage as a form of expression within photography and explore the various ways this medium can take shape. During this course students will work on weekly projects while having the opportunity to utilize both digital and analog output methods. This class will primarily focus on contemporary collage artists through readings, artist presentations, and group discussions. As a class we will also spend time looking at everyone's work while participating in constructive critiques. Keywords:Collage, digital art, photography, photoshop, art

This course is an introduction to color photography starting with analog photography and moving through to the digital darkroom. Weekly assignments and critiques will go over student's aesthetic and technical progress.While readings and class discussions moving away from the western canon and centering BIPOC artists will introduce students to historical and contemporary photographers & movements. Lab sessions will cover a range of techniques including the nuances of color, color film, digital, color management and archival inkjet printing. An additional lab workshop will meet once a week for two hours. Keywords:Color Photography, photo workshop II, Digital Photography, color

This course will encourage students to push their photographs beyond the digital realm and have them exist as tangible objects. Drawing on the conceptual significance of intentionality when it comes to digital output, students will be introduced to adjustment layers in Adobe Photoshop where they will edit their images and gain an understanding of digital workflow. Students will use Epson printers to create high quality prints from their existing image files and will have the chance to experiment with different paper textures and sizing options. This course will look at examples of contemporary LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC artists who are pushing the boundaries of how photography exists outside the computer. Class time will consist of lectures, group discussions from assigned readings, in-class weekly assignments, and group critiques. Keywords:Photography, Photoshop, Printing