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The Photography division faculty and students conduct a rigorous investigation into the nature and meaning of photographic representation and its role in contemporary culture. Students are expected to demonstrate commitment to expressive inquiry, maturity of vision and take responsibility for their professional development as artists. The division takes a broad and progressive approach to the practice and definition of photography, encouraging you to question and expand the boundaries of the medium. The curriculum offers courses in traditional black and white darkroom techniques, digital and other image-forming technologies, color processes, large-scale photography, video, and performance.

The Center for Creative Photography plays an important role in the education of photography and art history students by offering access to all of the Center’s resources, including semester-long internships and lectures by distinguished photographers, historians, and critics. Studio photography and art history students studying the history of photography take advantage of photographic exhibitions, lectures, print viewings, gallery talks, an extensive photographic library, an artists’ book collection, and a world-class archive of photographs and related material.

Resources & Facilities

This is an abbreviated list view. Please view the Resources & Facilities photography page for more information.

DARKROOMS AND STUDIOS

Beginning Black + White Darkroom
Advanced Black + White and Non-Silver Process Darkroom
5 Private Black + White Darkrooms
Graduate Darkroom
Lighting Studio
Video Editing Suites
Graduate Studios

SPECIALIZED DIGITAL PRINTING STATION

The Photography Division offers its students a variety of high end printing equipment including

Eizo Monitors
Epson 4900
Epson 7890 set up for Black and White Prints / Digital Negative Production

*In addition, numerous scanning, printing and photo finishing/framing services are available at the Digital Print Studio including

Two Epson Stylus Pro 9900 – 44″ wide printer
Epson Stylus Pro 7900 – 24″ wide printer
Two Epson Stylus Pro 4900 – 17″ wide printer
Epson Scanners 11000xl – Film / Slides / Prints
Epson Scanners 10000xl – Film / Slides / Prints
Epson Scanner V750 Pro – Film / Slides / Prints
Imacon 646 (virtual drum scanner) – Film
Howtek Hi-Resolve 8000 Drum Scanner – Film

EQUIPMENT CHECKOUT

Equipment available for checkout includes:

Full Frame DSLRS
APSC DSLRS
Mirrorless Cameras
Prime Lenses
Professional Video Camcorders
High End Audio Recorders
Shotgun and Omnidirectional Microphones
35mm SLRs
120mm SLRs and Twin Lens Film Cameras (6×6,6×7& 6×9)
4×5 Film Monorail & Field Cameras
Green screens
3-way Pan Tilt and Fluid Drag Head Tripods
Hot Light Kits
Studio Strobes
Professional grade light meters
iPads and projectors for video display

Degrees in Photography

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Areas of Study

Sama Raena Alshaibi Professor, Art

alshaibi@email.arizona.edu Drama Bldg, Room Room 16
520-621-7575

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Frank W Gohlke Professor, Photography Division
Regents Professor

fgohlke@email.arizona.edu Drama Bldg, Room 29
520-626-6973

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Joseph Labate Professor, Art

jlabate@email.arizona.edu Drama Bldg, Room 18
520-621-8938

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Martina M. Shenal Associate Dean, Fine Arts
Professor

mshenal@email.arizona.edu Music Bldg, Room 111
520-621-7886

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David Taylor Professor, Art

davidtaylor@email.arizona.edu Drama Bldg, Room 22

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John Nofs Coordinator, Photography Facillities

jwnofs@email.arizona.edu Drama Bldg, Room 30
520-621-1752

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U of A Photography shared Center for Creative Photography's photo.

2 weeks ago

Congrats to our wonderful colleague and friend, Chief Curator of the CCP, Dr. Becky Senf :

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"After a harrowing week (or two) finishing my Ansel Adams manuscript, it all got boxed up and mailed off to Yale. I’m so excited to share this work! A co-publication with the Center for Creative Photography, due out in February 2020!"Big congratulations to our Chief Curator Becky Senf for completing her Ansel Adams manuscript! The CCP is honored to co-publish this Yale Book due out in February 2020! Repost @beckysenfccp After a harrowing week (or two) finishing my Ansel Adams manuscript, it all got boxed up and mailed off to Yale. I’m so excited to share this work! A co-publication with the Center for Creative Photography, due out in February 2020! ... See MoreSee Less

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Congrats to 3rd year Photo MFA student Nassem Navab for having her series "Zanan Disruptions" accepted into the "Digital Disobedience" exhibition at the CFA Downtown Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico!

Reception and performance on December 15th from 4 to 6PM. Exhibition runs through Dec 30th.

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Digital Disobedience

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2 months ago

Congrats to BFA Photo Senior Kennady Schneider for having her photograph "10 for 10 at Popeyes" being accepted into the juried exhibition "Contemporary Portraiture" at the Center For Fine Art Photography (also can be viewed online). Kennady was recently awarded the University of Arizona – School of Art's BFA Creative Achievement Award for her outstanding work in both photography and video art.

VENUE: The Art Lab in Fort Collins, CO
Exhibition Dates | January 31- February 24, 2019
Public + Artists’ Reception | February 8, 2019
Artist Immersion Weekend | February 8 and 9, 2019

ARTIST HONORS AND AWARDS:� All selected artists’ work is included in the gallery exhibition and online exhibition complete with artist website links. The Center also provides professional installation images, event press release and social media promotions with an audience of 180,000+ followers internationally. All artists and friends are welcome to celebrate the exhibition with us at the Reception.
Kennady Schneider The Center for Fine Art Photography

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Contemporary Portraiture with Juror Ann M. Jastrab | The Center for Fine Art Photography

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2 months ago

Brian Ganter (MFA Photo alumnus) interviewed by curator Hamida Glasglow for the Strange Fire artist collective. Brian is currently an adjunct instructor at the University of Arizona and Pima Community College, and the curatorial department coordinator for the Center for Creative Photography.

"kiss, stroke, grip is a collection of images depicting actors who died from AIDS related complications. Transformed from porn stars into legends as a result of their deaths, the performers continue to live as hours of footage preserved within a vast and disorganized archive. These ephemeral beings are designed for consumption and only recalled when needed. For a moment, their highly stigmatized bodies are embraced.

A single film still was selected from each actor’s filmography and printed on black stained glass using wet plate collodion. The resulting ambrotypes were hidden underneath a coating of thermochromic pigment that appears black at room temperature. With the introduction of heat, the pigment becomes transparent, thereby revealing the image hidden below. In addition to using the heated platform, viewers are encouraged to touch, embrace, rub, or breathe on the plate’s surface. However, once the heat source is removed the image will slowly fade away as the plate cools."

www.strangefirecollective.com/qa-brian-ganter?fbclid=IwAR03cNbnkjIUwohnYpdRqF79pO_brb0qisAaspTbCo...

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Q&A: Brian Ganter — Strange Fire

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U of A Photography shared Joseph Gross Gallery/Lionel Rombach Gallery's post.

3 months ago

www.facebook.com/125688823385/posts/10156139942653386/Unborn, Unwed, Uninhabited Kaitlyn Jo Smith Oct 30 – Nov 8, 2018 | Reception Nov 7, 2 — 4 pm Each mud print in Unborn, Unwed, Uninhabited is an exploration of what it means to leave home as a young female from rural America. By painting mud from my childhood home over found images I erase myself from what could have been. These photographs have become documentations of my unborn children, unwed lovers and uninhabited houses. While I live my reality, I record the lives that I have left behind and gone beyond. The work is a combination of specific memories and stereotypes, expectations and idealizations of place. Kaitlyn Jo Smith is an artist who is currently living and working in Tucson, Arizona, where she is pursuing her MFA at the University of Arizona. Smith received her BFA at the Columbus College of Art and Design in her home state of Ohio. Her art often includes found imagery and objects containing themes of nostalgia and a strong longing for home by combing specific memories with stereotypes, expectations and idealizations of place. Smith has been exhibited nationally and her photographs have been published in Archive Collective Magazine, Photographers Forum and PDNedu. caption: Untitled (mud house), found photograph, mud 2018 ... See MoreSee Less

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3 months ago

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Artist Critiques Capitalism and War, Sells Vials of His Blood on Wall Street

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Khaled Jarrar is offering vials of his blood on Wall Street, priced to match defense contractors' stock, as a commentary on the military-industrial complex.