25 – 29 September 2024.
Paris, France
Between the 25th and 29th of September the Paris 8 University will conduct an intensive course on “The Image and its manipulation”. The course is in the fields of Photographic Theory and Photoshop, will take place at Paris 8 University, Paris, France, and will be taught in French or Bulgarian.
The course offers an intensive week during which the students will be able to devote 30 hours of work to learning the most relevant possibilities offered by the reference software that is Photoshop. They will reflect on the issue of manipulation – from manipulation as a physical gesture to manipulation as an act of lying. Why and when does the photographer or retoucher choose to manipulate the image? For what reasons? Is handling a matter of ethics?
From the first use of Photoshop and Lightroom Classic software, we are confronted with the practical, theoretical and ethical question of the “manipulation” of the image. We are going to submit several images to processing, to various exercises, in particular in a learning context to discover the possibilities of Photoshop and Lightroom, and to reflect together on how these treatments lead us more or less towards a form of dishonesty. Because images interpret, observe, sell, seek to influence…
Students will learn the meanings of professional vocabulary (white correction, color correction, saturation, vibration, layer, etc.), then have to complete 10 exercises as well as a personal project during this week.
For each exercise the students will have 2.30 hours. Including 30 min of theory and 2 hours of practice.
During the intensive course, they will have to make a photomontage on a current topic of their choice.
Who can apply:
We are looking for five MA Students from ERUA Universities in the field of photography that are able to speak either French or Bulgarian.
Dates: from September 25h to September 29th, 2024
Place: Paris 8 University, Paris, France
Funding: ERUA students can receive travel and accommodation funding from their home universities.
Registration: If you are interested please apply no later than the 18th of August by visiting on https://paris8.moveonfr.com/form/660eb384386d1ea0ce0c5ad8/eng
For more information, please contact Savina Topurska at: savina.ivaylova.topurska@gmail.com
