PROJECT IN PHOTOGRAPHY

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Weeks	Topics
1. Weeks	Qualities of an ideal photography project. Stages of different photographical genres. The importance of the actual cultural conjuncture for photographical projection. The concept of museum. Orhan Pamuk “Masumiyet Müzesi” (2008) Marcel Duchamp "Boite-en-valise" The “Stendhal Syndrome” of Graziella Magherini.
2. Weeks	Stating the course project topic as “My own Museum” Discussing the details of the project.
3. Weeks	The concept of “Muse Imaginaire” André Malraux; Museum Without Walls.Discussing the observed samples from Louise Lawler, Sherrie Levine, Thomas Struth, Joan Fontcuberta, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Serkan Özkaya.
4. Weeks	Abu-Grarib as a photographic phenomenon. The fiction Abu-Gharib of Antonin Kratochvil.The concern of internet and recording opportunities like cellphones for contemporary photography projects. International capital and global photographic organisations like Sony, Epson.
5. Weeks	The case of today’s intellectuals in the context of criticizing photography. Alienation symptom and its reflections to contemporary photography projects.
6. Weeks	The nature of photographic reproduction, its technical evolution. Analyzing samples related to photographic reproduction as an inspirer in the context of creativity and criticism.
7. Weeks	Modernist projects. Alfred Stieglitz, Max Dupain, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy.
8. Weeks	The fact of cultural regeneration. German Subjective Photography and todays Russian/Russia Photography.
9. Weeks	Postmodern anachronism and photography project projections. David LaChapelle, Les Krims, Guy Bourdin, Joel Peter Witkin.
10. Weeks	Conceptual art as a question of mass communication. Pkotography as a mean. Gerhard Richter, Christian Boltanski, Luc Delahaye, Martin Parr.
11. Weeks	Conceptual art as a question of mass communication. Pkotography as a mean. Gerhard Richter, Christian Boltanski, Luc Delahaye, Martin Parr.
12. Weeks	Metaphysical Photography since XIX. Century. Post-mortem photography. Spiritual Photography. Thought Photography. Samples from Ralph E. Meatyard, John Hilliard.
13. Weeks	The meaning of cinematographic experience as an inspirer for Photography projects. Yasumasa Morimura, Cindy Sherman, Philip-Lorca de Corcia, Victor Burgin, Nazif Topçuoğlu.
14. Weeks	The fact of self-portrait. Antoine D'Agata, John Coplans, Bruce Nauman, Gilbert&Georges, Chuck Close, Balkan Naci İslimyeli.