Aimée Beaubien

Photographic information permeates our daily lives. PHOTO MATTER explores the materiality of photographic image-making by delving into the realms of appropriation, montage, and collage to strategies interwoven with the sculptural and installation. Through a dynamic combination of creative exploration and critical inquiry, students will craft a compelling body of work in their chosen form that resonates with their line of inquiry. Our course activities will revolve around the cultivation of individual artistic production, embrace the tangible nature of photographs while analyzing the works of influential artists, and noteworthy exhibitions. As artists and creators, we will experiment with innovative approaches to presentation methods, venturing into alternative spaces and exhibition making. By seamlessly fusing research, materials and techniques, we will create surface tensions and expand the capacities of photographic meanings.

Structuring, Sequencing, Series explores how photographic meaning is shaped through sequences and series¿fundamental ways we encounter images in books, exhibitions, installations, and digital spaces. This course examines how structure influences interpretation, considering both narrative and non-narrative approaches across diverse genres. Through hands-on assignments, students will experiment with serial imagery in photobooks, zines, portfolios, web-based projects, installations, video, and projection. By analyzing historical and contemporary examples, students will develop a deeper understanding of photography¿s evolving role and refine their ability to construct compelling visual narratives.

Taken every semester, the Graduate Projects courses allow students to focus in private sessions on the development of their work. Students register for 6 hours of Graduate Project credit in each semester of study.