Fine Arts – Photography
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Highlights
Arts & Culture
The Baltimore/Washington, D.C. area offers great opportunities to explore the Visual Arts in museums and galleries.
Facilities
The Julio Fine Arts Center houses an excellent array fo facilities for photography students. The photography studio is a large 20' x 40' space with a built-in backdrop and a suspension rack ceiling for arranging lights. The department offers a new 18-station computer lab with Apple computers and numerous software applications, as well as two large-format Epson printers and a 48" plotter printer. Darkroom facilities include an eight-station black and white processing room, a 16-station black and white printing room and a four-station color darkroom. Darkroom equipment includes Saunders LPL variable contrast enlargers, Saunders LPL color enlarger and a 16-inch color processor.
The Julio Fine Arts Gallery is a vital part of the fine arts experience. The schedule includes exhibitions showcasing work by faculty, regionally and nationally acclaimed artists. A juried exhibition of student work is showcased at the end of every school year.
Program Description
Loyola’s photography program helps nurture personal creativity and inspires students to express themselves visually. Students may major in Visual Arts with a concentration in photography, study photography as part of an interdisciplinary major (for example, photojournalism) or pursue photography as a minor. Graduates have pursued successful careers in photography labs, studios, museums and newspapers; some have continued their studies in Master of Fine Arts programs.
Curriculum
Visual Arts majors with a concentration in Photography begin with Introduction to Digital Photography, concentrating on camera skills, composition and printing techniques. Intermediate Photography is a black and white darkroom course that includes instruction on studio lighting for still life, portraiture and figure studies. In both courses, students are introduced to photographic theory, aesthetics and contemporary criticism. One Studio Art course, Two-Dimensional Design, is required for the basics of composition: line, shape, texture and color theory.
Three specific upper-division courses are required: History of Photography, an additional art history course and the Artist’s Survival Seminar, which shows students how to build a portfolio and prepare work for professional, off-campus exhibition. The majority of the upper-division courses are electives. Students choose seven courses from an extensive and varied list so they may further develop comprehension of the craft and strive for personalized visual statements. Students may decide to concentrate in one area or explore a number of dimensions of the field at the upper-division level. Internships include positions at local museums and work with freelance photographers.
Faculty
Virginia BrownAffiliate Assistant
B.S., University of Maryland
M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art
Daniel Schlapbach
Associate Professor, Coordinator of the Photography Program
M.F.A., Indiana University
B.S.B.A., Washington University
Mary Skeen
Affiliate Assistant
B.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art
M.F.A., Towson University
Course Sequence
1st year
Two-Dimensional Design
Introduction to Digital Photography
History of Photography
Intermediate Photography
Core courses (6)
2nd year
Art History course
Core courses (6)
General elective
Upper-level major courses (2)
3rd year
Upper-level major courses (2)
Core courses (4)
General electives (4)
4th year
Artist’s Survival Seminar
Upper-level major courses (3)
Senior project or additional upper-level photography course
Core course
General electives (4)
Following is a sampling of upper-level course electives:
Digital, Intermediate and
Advanced Photography
Digital Imaging
Alternative Processes
Image and Text
Landscape and Nature Photography
Photojournalism
Portraiture
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