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(Prerequisites: ART 2103 or permission of the instructor). Six hours studio. The course explores the scanner as a photographic tool to create a fine art image. Students will learn a variety of approaches to creating fine art photographic images using a scanner.

Scanography: Single Object

Students scan a single object that represents who they are and/or what they believe. This is an introduction to the basic scanning process.

Scanography: Visual Feelings

In this assignment the student can simply explore different methods of creating work so to best express an emotion.ONE RESTRICTION: No Humans. Create your visual feelings with only objects.

Scanography: Road Trip

Road Trip.  Since the COVID-19 pandemic; Americans have not been able to travel as they once did.  So we are going to travel with the scanner!

• • Create a route. You are going cross country from coast to coast.
  • You will need to map the route using real roads, highways and / or interstates.
  • Start on either the East Coast or West Coast.
  • Your trip must include one stop in each of the major sections of the United Â鶹´«Ã½s. Seven total stops. Research your route.
  • Create a landscape using the scanner that best describes the location of each of your stops.
  • You can use both 2D and 3D items.
  • You cannot use just a magazine or photo of the location – rather you are to use found items to reconstruct the locations.
  • Do not just draw or paint the image. I do not what to see just scans of your drawing, paintings, or photographs.
  • Remember the images should reflect the location you have selected as a stopping point on your trip.
  • Use a variety of objects to create you location.

Scanography: "Portrait"

Students will create portraits of friends, family or fellow students using the scanner. Students may consider using of props with the subject. 

 

Scanography: Final

A photographic series is a creative body of photographic images that are related by concept and technique. This is not a sequential series.  The series can be an event or a progression but each image in the series should not be dependent on the others images to be validated. Each image should be able to be critiqued independently.