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Studying photography : a survival guide / Douglas Holleley.

Summary:

This book lays bare the powerful value systems that are embedded within higher education institutions and explains them with wit and clarity. Issues such as the hidden curriculum, analyzing images, progression, writing an artist statement, assessment, plagiarism, copyright and ultimately getting a job at the end of the degree are all explained in clear, easy to understand language.

Record details

ISBN: 9780970713889 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0970713886 (pbk.)
Physical Description: 121 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Rochester, NY : Clarellen, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 106-107) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Machine generated contents note: The Hidden Curriculum -- Over-shooting -- Incremental Progress -- Arbitrary Hierarchies -- Episodic Effort and Growth -- The Ways of Academia -- Subtle Influence -- Fortuitous Side Effects -- Conclusion -- Analyzing Photographs -- Introduction -- The Analytical Approach -- Description -- Interpretation -- The Intuitive (Patient) Approach -- About Reading -- The Participatory Approach -- Picture Scrabble -- Formal and/or Structural Approaches -- Final Thoughts -- Judgment -- Progressing From Year to Year -- Devising a Statement of Intention -- Writing an Artist Statement -- Obtaining Feedback -- Coping with Doubt -- Assessment -- On Taking Control -- Academic Honesty and Courtesy -- Plagiarism -- Camera Etiquette -- Procedures -- Final Thoughts -- Self-Limiting Talk

Excuses 101 -- Types of Students -- Aspects of Professional Practice -- The Degree -- The Transcript -- References -- Resume -- Letter of Application -- Website -- Your Work -- The Initial Application -- At Interview or when Sending -- Original Material -- Computers, Copyright and the Law -- Copyrigth -- The Problematical Nature of Computers -- Software Copyright -- Text Copyright -- Image Copyright -- Moral Rights -- What Material Can You Safely Use? -- What Material Can You Less Safely Use? -- The Doctrine of Fair Use -- Conclusion -- Protecting Your Work -- Conventional Copyright -- All Rights Reserved -- Creative Commons -- Stipulated Rights Reserved -- Conclusion -- General Good Practice -- A NOTE ON THE ILLUSTRATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- APPENDICES -- Appendix I Your Assignment: Photography -- Appendix II Photo-Editing and Presentation.