Every photographic choice-from analogue experiments to algorithmic processing-influences how meaning is shaped. In this course, you will explore the vital relationship between materiality and conceptual development in photographic practice. Through hands-on experimentation, you will develop your approach to photographic material thinking by engaging with both analogue and digital photographic processes.

Throughout this course, you will consider how material choices work together with cultural contexts to inform the concept of creative work. Working with processes ranging from historic darkroom methods to contemporary digital tools, you will explore their distinctive qualities and possibilities. Your learning experience combines practical experimentation with critical reflection of photographic works, analysing how they behave, transform and influence.

This course provides a solid foundation for an emerging art photography practice, emphasising the essential connection between material choices and conceptual development.

This course is part of the Major and Minor: Art-centred Photography, Major: Photography, and Major and Minor: Expanded Media Arts.