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Photography and Architecture

Course Aims
The course aims to capture the essence of architecture through photography. It highlights the connection between photography and architecture by teaching students the fundamentals of architectural photography, enabling them to perceive and document architecture. Students should be able to capture photographic objects of various scales, including architectural models, enclosed and open spaces, buildings, and urban spaces. Trips to different sites are included to provide students with real-world experience in applying graphic techniques in the field. Additionally, the course helps students develop a critical framework for understanding and evaluating architectural photography. Students will also acquire skills in using photography equipment such as analogue and digital cameras and applying post-production techniques to resulting photographs.
Course Goals
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Life Below Water

English Description

Convergence of photography and architecture investigation, as well as the various aspects of architectural photography, methodologies for photographing architectural models, enclosed and open environments, as well as urban and natural environments, capturing architectural details at various scales, instruction on the use of analog and digital cameras and the primary parameters of photography, perfection of photographic skills with respect to architectural subjects.
Arabic Description

Convergence of photography and architecture investigation, as well as the various aspects of architectural photography, methodologies for photographing architectural models, enclosed and open environments, as well as urban and natural environments, capturing architectural details at various scales, instruction on the use of analog and digital cameras and the primary parameters of photography, perfection of photographic skills with respect to architectural subjects.

Department
Architecture Engineering
Credit Hours
2
Grades
Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (10) + tr.Student Activities (55 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 30% , tr.Self_learning 15% , tr.Seminar 10% ) + tr.Oral/Practical (35) + Exam Grade (0)
Hours
Lecture Hours: 1, Tutorial Hours: 2, Lab Hours: 0
Required SWL
75
Equivalent ECTS
3

o Michael Heinrich, Basics Architectural Photography , Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, Basel, 2014
o Martin Evening, Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers (or for CS2, earlier edition) Jonathan Lipkin, Photography Reborn, 2007.
o Schulz, A. Architectural Photography, 3rd Edition: Composition, Capture, and Digital Image Processing, Rocky Nook, Inc., 2015.
o Pardo,A. and Redstone, E. Constructing Worlds: Photography and Architecture in the Modern Age, Barbican Art Gallery, 2014. - Michael Heinrich, Basics Architectural Photography , Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, Basel, 2014.