Photographic practice is shaped at every turn by material decisions. In this course, you will explore the vital relationship between materiality and conceptual development in photography. Through hands-on experimentation across a wide range of processes and contexts, you will develop your capacity for material thinking – considering how the physical and conceptual conditions of image-making work together to produce meaning.

Throughout this course, you will consider how material choices interact with cultural contexts to inform the development of creative work. Engaging with a wide range of processes and research contexts, 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. Given the hands-on and collaborative nature of the course, a high level of in-class engagement is expected.

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.