Core Studio 4 is structured to prepare students for the thesis year by emphasizing research, iterative creation, and the honing of technical skills. Throughout each inflected section, students will craft a project statement, deliver a panel presentation, and undertake a self-directed, long-term project, gaining valuable insights through self-evaluation and peer-to-peer assessment. In combination with the curriculum in Core Seminar 4: Contemporary Topics, students’ build a strong research-based creative practice. In the fashion section students will work individually and collaboratively to produce still and time-based imagery. The class will function as a photo studio with students taking on different roles as creative director, photographer, stylist, assistant, digital tech, etc. Field trips, visiting artists, and lectures will contextualize the class within the history of fashion photography and the contemporary moment. Class discussions explore the roles of image-makers in the fashion industry and the collaborative group structures in which they work. Social responsibility within the field of fashion and image-making informed by the analysis of key critical texts on fashion theory, imagery, and design, help students create a solid foundation on which to develop their individual practice.

Core Studio 4 is structured to prepare students for the thesis year by emphasizing research, iterative creation, and the honing of technical skills. Throughout each inflected section, students will craft a project statement, deliver a panel presentation, and undertake a self-directed, long-term project, gaining valuable insights through self-evaluation and peer-to-peer assessment. In combination with the curriculum in Core Seminar 4: Contemporary Topics, students’ build a strong research-based creative practice. The documentary strategies inflection is focused on exploring historical and contemporary practices in documentary photography, with an emphasis on research methodologies, ethics and conceptual execution in the field. This course will explore the planning, collaboration and awareness needed to properly take on documentary work and the broader context in which it can exist. Through readings, field trips, discussions and projects - students will gain insight into the complexities of documenting culture and the everyday. This course considers the critical role the photographer plays with respect to the objectivity of the lens and the subjective nature of documentation will also be examined and heavily explored.

Core Studio 4 is structured to prepare students for the thesis year by emphasizing research, iterative creation, and the honing of technical skills. Throughout each inflected section, students will craft a project statement, deliver a panel presentation, and undertake a self-directed, long-term project, gaining valuable insights through self-evaluation and peer-to-peer assessment. In combination with the curriculum in Core Seminar 4: Contemporary Topics, students’ build a strong research-based creative practice. This conceptual practice section will focus on current and historical ideas, theories, and philosophies regarding and surrounding lens-based mediums to explore a range of image-making strategies in order to ground each student's creative practice with a diverse range of conceptual frameworks. Through readings, field trips, discussions, and projects, students will gain a robust understanding of how conceptual methods have shaped contemporary art practices and develop idea-based strategies attuned to each of their own creative practices.