The objective of the course is to enable participants to comprehend the picturing
technique in photography, to get familiar with the place of photography in arts,
and to locate photography in social life. Photography is today in every field of life.
this course will help participants to understand the place of photography in life by
focusing on specific technologies.
This course aims to enable participants:
to explain the history of drawing on a surface by light,
to explain the factors that contributed to the emergence of photography,
to describe the relationship between drawing/painting with light and
photography,
to list earlier photographers.
Week 1. Introduction to Photography
Week 2. Emergence of Photography
Week 3. Painting with Light, Image Capturing by Optical Devices
Week 4. First Photographers and Their Works