Typo-Photo
Experimenting with Photography
in Graphic Design
May 23 – June 10, 2011 (Summer Session)
Fall 2011 (matriculating VCU Students only)
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy coined the term “typo-photo” in 1925 to mean “the synthesis between typography and photography.” This experimental workshop will explore ways to integrate the camera and photographic image-making into your design process to create engaging and unique objects of graphic design. We will look at examples of historical and contemporary uses of typo-photo, staged photography and expressive typography. We will learn techniques for working with your images and integrating them into your design work. We will spend the majority of the semester using the camera to experiment with new design processes and discover alternative ways of working with type and image. Lectures about relevant topics and demonstrations of technical processes will occur throughout the semester.
WORK FROM SUMMER 2011
James Burchfield
Zenzile Sky Lark
Carol Dreistadt
Eric Hayes
Cory Murphy
James Burchfield
Zenzile Sky Lark
Carol Dreistadt
Eric Hayes
Cory Murphy
Rebecca Holtzman
Prerequisites: A basic knowledge of photography. A computer (or access to a computer) with Adobe Photoshop and InDesign, and at least basic knowledge of the software. Access to any digital camera with manual controls (compact or DSLR). You may also choose to experiment with low-quality digital and film cameras such as webcams, cell-phone cams, Holga, Lomo and pinhole cameras, and tangential equipment like scanners and projectors.
About the instructor: Mitch Goldstein is a graduate student pursuing an MFA in Design/Visual Communications at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is a Principal of Hypothesis, an interdisciplinary visual design studio based in Richmond, Virginia. He has been an adjunct faculty member teaching graphic design at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where he also earned his BFA.
Questions? mitch@designcrit.com. For more information go to the VCU Summer Studies website.