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AWSS2023: Architectural Photography
2026 unit information
This practical unit assumes students have little or no understanding of photo image making. It aims to give students an understanding of how photography functions as a contemporary visual medium, including its connection to modernism and architecture. Students will gain knowledge of the principles and practise of camera operations, the production of high quality black and white prints. This module covers the use of a 35mm DSLR camera, image composition, use of lighting, image capture and correction, and printing. Practical work includes completion of set class projects, gallery visits, class discussions and the production of a portfolio. *Students should have access to a DSLR, Mirrorless or Digital Single Reflex camera.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Architecture |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. critically engage with ideas in the field of contemporary visual communication in relation to historical, social and theoretical context of Photography. To be open to new ideas, methods, ways of thinking. To explore critical inquiry through a historic, philosophical, social, political or cultural framework
- LO2. develop a critical awareness of the complex relationship between aesthetics and the lived environment
- LO3. use a range of secondary and primary research sources to develop your thinking an ideas for practical work and integrate them into photographic practice and written documentation. To make effective use of oral, visual and other forms of communication to critique, negotiate, create and communicate understanding
- LO4. explore a variety of photographic techniques in order to determine what will best serve the realization of the proposed artwork
- LO5. think and work independently, while contributing to group situations and plan, and achieve goals. To acknowledge personal responsibility for value judgments and behavior. To be able to relate and interact and work with others.
Unit availability
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Semester 1 2025
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Normal evening | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney | |
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal evening | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 1 2026
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Normal evening | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 2 2026
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Normal evening | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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