AustraLearn: Edge of the Outback - Photography in Australia
Australia
Term: Summer
Description:
Edge of the Outback is a three-week course exploring a regional Australian outback landscape through photography. Both traditional and digital photography mediums are utilized. The course is designed to develop the students' visual thinking related to the media investigated within a regional Australian context. Workshops and a major 5-day field trip will provide the platform for exploration of imagery based on the region's ancient landscape and sociological layering created by pre and past colonial influences. A local Aboriginal guide will accompany the field trip to assist in the transition into the cultural specifics of space and place. The participants will exhibit their work in a major regional art gallery at the conclusion of the program.
Highlights:
* Program introduction includes concepts in photography, black and white printing with alternative photographic practices, and keeping a journal.
* There will also be a welcome from several important community leaders.
* Discussion of SLR camera operation and maintenance, aperture and depth of field, shutter speed and movement, exposure control, film speed and tripods.
* Artist talk with professional photographers.
* Darkroom and computer lab work time.
* 5- day field trip to Broken Hill - includes walks through Mungo National Park and other local environments as well as time within Indigenous communities.
* Gallery exhibition.
Degree Level: Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)
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Subject Areas :
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- Culture
- Photography
- Visual Arts
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Cost Include Description:
Pre-departure services, tuition, official transcript, all domestic travel within Australia, accommodation, some meals, all lectures, field trips, and excursions. International airfare and the first and last night's stay in Melbourne are additional costs.
Experience Required: no
This Program is open to
American
and Canadian
Participants.
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Typical Living Arrangements :
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Participants Travel to Australia
in Groups
Application Process Involves:
- Letters of Reference
- Other
- Transcript
- Written Application
Post-Program Services Include:
AustraLearn's Mission Statement: AustraLearn seeks to foster the development of future leaders, who, through international awareness, gain a greater respect for and understanding of the relationship which exists between North America, Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific in the context of the larger global community.
Year Founded: 1989
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