School Of Humanities And Communication ArtsPhotomedia: Fashion and IdentityWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 100941.4
Discipline: PHOTOGRAPHY
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
100780 - Fashion, Style and Identity and 10958 - Photomedia 2: Fabrication
Prerequisite
101884 Introduction to Photomedia OR 102263 Image Design
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Specialist photography facilities with limited space, equipment and limited specialist technical support preclude students who have not completed the pre-requisite units from taking this unit as an elective.
About this Unit
This unit explores issues of identity through photographic practice as used in Fashion Photography. Fashion is a universal form of self-expression, making it the communication strategy most employed to express identity based on material and non-material cultures. The role of photography in the creation of iconic and culturally referential images in both commercial and editorial work will be researched, analysed and interpreted in order to place the student's work in context. It provides students with capacity building through an advanced experience with studio lighting, digital effects for fashion based image making and experience with location and studio photography and of professional photography as it is used in fashion publications.