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Faculty

• Marilyn Zimmerman (MFA Art Institute of Chicago) Associate Professor of Photography
  Research Interests: Documentary photography and video based on censorship and representation of the body, Re-envisioning the urban environment. 

• James Raymo (MSP Illinois Institute of Design) Associate Professor of Photography 
  Research Interests: Digital landscape, American pop culture

Program description

 
What is this program? 

Photography program's facilities are housed within the historic Old Main building. Facilities include a large black and white darkroom accomodating 20 students with all enlarger formats, several individual color darkrooms and a digital imaging computer lab. Individual color darkrooms are equipped with 4X5 Chomege enlargers and are used also for large format film processing. The computer lab has 16 workstations with film and flatbed scanners. Printers include ink-jet and thermal wax with large format print capacity. The lighting studio provides access to the full line of Speedotron studio flash systems and lighting equipment. All facilities are available to students 56 hours per week or more.

What will I study? 

• To train students to develop a full range of professional-standard photography skills in the context of a fine arts aesthetic orientation.
• To acquire means to utilize photography media for creative and technically-sophisticated expression.
• To understand the history of photography and its connection with related fine arts media.
• To work independently as artists and students of the photography.

What makes this program unique? 

• Processes
  
  • Traditional Black and White
  • Digital
  • Experimental

What does the program prepare me for?

• Positions
  
  • Photographer
  • Professor / Instructor
    
  • Independent Photographer
  • Freelance Photographer
  • Journalistic / News / Sports / Medical photography
  • Digital imaging