FULL PROGRAM IN PHOTOGRAPHY 2023/2024
Head of Department: Pedro Tropa
Standard two-year program dedicated to the learning and development of technical and creative skills in photography. The photographic camera; shooting; black and white Lab work; digital photography; lighting; color in photography; alternative analog techniques and processes. History of photography and Projects. Progressive and personalized attention is given to the participants’ work with a special emphasis on the development of authorial and artistic projects.
Further development by applying to Advanced Course in Photography and Individual Project and/or Advanced Course in Visual Arts.
Staff: António Rebolo, Gonçalo Salema, José Soudo, João Paulo Serafim, Arlinda Lopes, Daniel Malhão, Isabel Afonso, Helena Gonçalves, Pedro Tropa and guest teachers.
Fee 10 x 220€ + 150€ (Enrolment) + 4,50€ (Insurance) (for enrolments until 15th September)
Admission No requirements. By order of enrolment. Máx.20 pax.
Disciplines
Fee 10 x 220€ + 150€ (Enrolment) + 4,50€ (Insurance) (for enrolments until 15th September)
Admission Photography 1 or equivalent training. Portfolio presentation. Interview.
Disciplines
Notes Further development by applying to Advanced project in Photography and/or Advanced Course in Visual Arts
Price 500€ + 50€ (Enrolment) + 2,50 (Insurance)
Schedule Monday from 13h to 16h
Type semestrial
Program
On-premise classes
Refining the use of camera and light control techniques using analytical photometry and zone system. Introduction to medium and large format cameras, optical systems and studio lighting.
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Price 1 session: 5€; 2 sessions 8€; Ex-alunos e alunos do Ar.Co: 1 turno:2€; 2 turnos 3€;
Schedule Monday to thursday from 14h to 17h
Type occasional
Program
On-premise (by appointment)
Ar.Co’s photography labs are open by appointment both for students and for outside participants with enough technical knowledge of photography. A Teaching Assistant from the department will provide technical assistance.
Alternative Processes in Photography I1.
Date 27 Oct 2023 to 9 Feb 2024
Price 400€ + 40€ (Insc) + 2,50€ (Seg)
Schedule Fridays from 10h00 to 13h00
Type occasional
Program
On-premise classes.
Alternative processes in Photography I is an essential complement to the study of photography and an introduction to less conventional modes of image production. In this first module, that precedes Alternative Processes in Photography II, we will approach the techniques of cyanotypes and Anthotypes.
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Price 340€ + 34€ (Insc) + 2,50€ (Seg)
Schedule Fridays from 10h00 to 13h00
Type occasional
Program
On-premise classes.
Alternative Processes II deals with demanding techniques of photographic printing: Salted paper and Gum bichromate. These printing techniques have a strong expressive, technological and experimental component, essential for the study of the different ways of photography making.
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Photography Workshop: Digital Lab I
Date 19 Feb a 13 May 2024
Price 400€ + 40€ (Insc) + 2,50€ (Seg)
Schedule Mondays from 10h00 to 13h00
Type occasional
Program
On-premise
Digital Lab 1 approaches the techniques of shooting and editing of digital images in parallel with the study of analog photography, departing from the idea that these two technologies are similar and have common principles. Preparing the digital camera for shooting, use and optimization of the menus and presets. Managing and processing the different types of files for post-production in Photoshop. This course precedes Digital Lab II
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Price 120€ + 12€ (insc) + 0,75€ (seguro)
Schedule wednesdays 10h- 13h
Type occasional
Program Exploration of the use of light as a creative medium, taking into account its plastic and visual potential as a working basis for painting, drawing, photography, etc. This practical course allows students from various disciplinary areas to work with different light sources on objects and scenographic situations. Concepts of directed light, reflection and incidence, contrast and shadow mapping.
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FULL PROGRAM IN PHOTOGRAPHY 2023/2024
Head of Department: Pedro Tropa
Standard two-year program dedicated to the learning and development of technical and creative skills in photography. The photographic camera; shooting; black and white Lab work; digital photography; lighting; color in photography; alternative analog techniques and processes. History of photography and Projects. Progressive and personalized attention is given to the participants’ work with a special emphasis on the development of authorial and artistic projects.
Further development by applying to Advanced Course in Photography and Individual Project and/or Advanced Course in Visual Arts.
Staff: António Rebolo, Gonçalo Salema, José Soudo, João Paulo Serafim, Arlinda Lopes, Daniel Malhão, Isabel Afonso, Helena Gonçalves, Pedro Tropa and guest teachers.
Fee 10 x 220€ + 150€ (Enrolment) + 4,50€ (Insurance) (for enrolments until 15th September)
Admission No requirements. By order of enrolment. Máx.20 pax.
Disciplines
Evening Course Photography 2 (EV)
Dates 9 Oct 2023 to 21 Jun 2024
Fee 10 x 220€ + 150€ (Enrolment) + 4,50€ (Insurance) (for enrolments until 15th September)
Admission Photography 1 or equivalent training. Portfolio presentation. Interview.
Disciplines
Notes Further development by applying to Advanced Project in Photography and/or Advanced Course in Visual Arts
Workshop: Photographic Techniques
Date 9 Oct 2023 to 5 Feb 2024
Price 500€ + 50€ (Enrolment) + 2,50 (Insurance)
Schedule Mondays from 18h00 to 21h
Type semestrial
Program
On-premise
Refining the use of camera and light control techniques using analytical photometry and zone system. Introduction to medium and large format cameras, optical systems and studio lighting.
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Alternative Processes in Photography I.
Date 27 Oct 2023 to 9 Feb 2024
Price 400€ + 40€ (Enrolment) + 2,50 (Insurance)
Admission No requirements. By order of enrolment.
Schedule Fridays from 18h to 21h00
Type occasional
Program
On-premise classes.
Alternative processes in Photography I is an essential complement to the study of photography and an introduction to less conventional modes of image production. In this first module, that precedes Alternative Processes in Photography II, we will approach the techniques of cyanotypes and Anthotypes.
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Therory Course: The Photographic Image
Date 5 Dez 2023 to 30 Jan 2024
Price 270€ + 27€ (Enrolment) + 2,50€ (ins)
Admission No requirements. By order of enrolment. Máx. 30 pax.
Schedule Tuesdays from 18h00 to 21h00
Type occasional
Program
On-premise classes.
Photographic culture in the artistic and documental context of the 20th and 21st centuries. Students will develop study and observation habits regarding the photographic image, distinguishing between the different contexts of its production, its various uses and its authors.
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Workshop: Books and other editions
Date 16 Jan to 5 Mar 2024
Price 270€ + 27€ (Enrolment) + 2,50€ (Insurance)
Schedule Tuesdays from 18h00 to 21h00
Type occasional
Program
On-premise classes.
Reinventing editorial modes through various types of publications: books, field diaries, folding leaflets, postcards, etc. Students will take their work into the universe of editing and publishing, creating their own series and ways of sequencing. Exploring various materials and techniques through folding, collage and the cutting and mounting of paper, experimenting with different types of layout, construction and binding.
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Photography Workshop: Digital Lab I (evening)
Date 20 Feb to 14 May 2024
Price 400€ + 40€ (Insc) + 2,50€ (Seg)
Schedule Tuesday from 18h to 21h00
Type occasional
Program
On-premise
Digital Lab 1 approaches the techniques of shooting and editing of digital images in parallel with the study of analog photography, departing from the idea that these two technologies are similar and have common principles. Preparing the digital camera for shooting, use and optimization of the menus and presets. Managing and processing the different types of files for post-production in Photoshop.
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Theory Course: Methods of making.
Date 21 Feb to 15 May 2024
Price 270€ + 27€ (Enrolment) + 2,50€ (Insurance) - materiais incluídos
Admission No requirements. By order of enrolment. Máx. 35 pax.
Schedule Wednesdays from 18h to 20h
Type occasional
Program
On-premise classes
The specificity of photography in the forms of artistic and documentary production. Analysis of themes and authors whose works mark different postures in contemporary photography.
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Workshop: Alternative Processes
Date 23 Feb to 3 May 2024
Price 340€ + 34€ (Insc) + 2,50€ (Seg)
Schedule Fridays from 18h to 21h00
Type occasional
Program
On-premise classes.
Alternative Processes II deals with demanding techniques of photographic printing: Salted paper and Gum bichromate. These printing techniques have a strong expressive, technological and experimental component, essential for the study of the different ways of photography making.
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Workshop: Structure, Sequences and Series
Date 19 Mar to 14v May 2024 (except 26 Mar)
Price 270€ + 27€ (Insc) + 2,50€ (Seg)
Schedule Tuesdays from 18h00 to 21h00
Type occasional
Program
On-line classes.
Conceiving, inventing and bringing into practice the structures of photographic works and projects. Outlining the ways in which the groups and series can be thought out. What secrets lie behind the photographic structures? Practical exercises and discussion of case studies.
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Workshop: Introduction to Analog Photography.
Date 11, 18, 25 May and 1 June 2024
Price 110€ + 0,75€ (Insurance) - materials not included
Schedule Saturdays from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program An introduction to Analog Photography experimental techniques. The light as it draws on the photographic paper; photography-making perforated boxes (pin-hole). Introduction to the black and white lab experience. Alternative printing techniques using sunlight: Cianotypes
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Price 165€ + 16€ (Insc) + 0,75€ (Seg)
Schedule Tuesdays from 18h00 to 21h00
Type occasional
Program
On-premise classes
The workshop is dedicated to the multi-disciplinary study of colour, practical and theoretical. Colour-Light and Colour-Matter; Grammar and colour separation; tonal variation and dominant colour; harmonies, transparencies and colour degradation.
Some of the authors approached in the workshop: Isaac Newton, Goethe, Joseph Albers, James Turrell, Johannes Itten, Giorgio Morandi, David Hockney, Sol Lewitt, among others.
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Seminário de Fotografia com José Soudo
Date 22, 29 May, 5 and 12 June 2024
Price 120€ + 12€ (insc) + 0,75€ (seguro)
Schedule Wednesdays from 18h às 21h
Type occasional
Program
I. “Ephemeral Photographs or the Photography before Photography”
Analysis of the prehistory and protohistory of photography while contextualizing historically the “Photographer’s media”.
II. “Phorography and Painting vs Painting and Photography”
Departingh from the photographic archives of Aurélia de Souza, we will reflect and create a case study about photography at the time of the painter Aurélia de Souza (1866/1922).
III. “Lisbon - sad and happy city"
Reflection and analysis of the book “Lisboa-cidade triste e alegre”, a graphic poem built and published in 1959 by the photographers and architects Victor Palla (1922/2006) and Costa Martins (1922/1996).
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