This lecture included faculty from Tyler's photography and printmaking facilities. The guy discussing photography talked about how our future is rapidly becoming digitized and how Tyler is the first school to have color photography (how cool is that!?). He encouraged us to take at least one of two electives as a sophomore - Digital Imaging, which covers the basics and not-so-basic things in Photoshop, and Photo 1, an introductory to photography class. In Junior year we are eligible to take Photo 2 where we can shoot film, work in the dark room, and discover the whole photography experience. Another elective that a student who is interested in photography might consider is Digital Projects, a course in web design that teaches Dreamweaver. Tyler also houses a lighting studio where students can check out lighting equipment for their photography use.
The guy discussing printmaking was a tad late, so Gerard attempted to keep the students' attention by playing some infamous YouTube videos, including a video of a flying elephant and a Yale admissions pitch that was set to dance and music. It didn't go over very well, but the next speaker showed up soon after that and immediately got into the details of printmaking, saying that this art form is the only type of art that always requires the transfer of one material to another. Printmaking also plays a role in the social concern of people, and it is cheap and easy to distribute among masses. He showed us a few examples (I especially liked the Japanese woodcuts and Frank Stella prints - see picture) and ended by briefly talking about the Silkscreen elective class next year.
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