66-6721 PhotoMechanical Monster

Photomechanical reproduction, as Walter Benjamin would have it, completely changed the nature of art. The fundamental ideas and techniques of photographic reproduction will be taught in this short course, as a way of thinking about how photographic images are inflected by how they are produced. Students will learn about stochastic vs. amplitude-modulated dot formation, tonal reproduction curves, dot gain, and the vagaries of resolution as a path toward printing photographs that just might have aura.

1 Credits