Photography 12

Curricular Competencies

Explore and create

Create photographic works using sensory inspiration, imagination, and inquiry
Examine a range of photographic possibilities and cross-cultural perspectives
Take creative risks to express meaning, intent, and emotion through photography
Intentionally select and combine materials, processes, and image-making technologies to convey ideas and justify choices
Create innovative photographic images for a specific audience
Refine photographic skills and techniques related to various styles and genres
Demonstrate innovation in creating photographic images and resolving creative challenges

Reason and reflect

Recognize and engage in the reciprocal process of a critique
Interpret and evaluate, using discipline-specific language, how photographers use materials, technologies, processes, and environments in art making
Analyze and apply design choices in photography
Reflect on personal answers to aesthetic questions

Communicate and document

Document, share, and appreciate photographic images in a variety of contexts
Demonstrate respect for self, others, and place through photography
Investigate ways to respond to social and environmental issues through photography

Connect and expand

Create photographs that reflect personal, cultural, social, environmental, and historical contexts
Explore First Peoples perspectives, knowledge, and protocols; other ways of knowing, and local cultural knowledge through photography
Examine the reciprocal relationships between photography, culture, and society
Evaluate personal, educational, and professional opportunities in photography and related fields
Engage in digital citizenship throughout the photographic process
Connect with others on a local, national, and global scale through photography
Demonstrate safe and responsible use of materials equipment, and work space

Content

elements of visual art
principles of composition
image development strategies in photography
photographic materials, techniques, processes, and imagemaking technologies, used in one or more types of photography:
- digital photography
- darkroom photography
- alternative photographic processes
photographic chemistry (for film) or alternative chemical processes
creative processes
behaviours of light
principles of light
ways of sensing light:
- optical instruments
- parts and functions of cameras
  and accessories
roles of and relationships between photographer and viewer
symbols and metaphors in photography
influences of visual culture in social
and other media
innovative photographers from various historical, social, and cultural contexts
history of photography
traditional and contemporary First Peoples worldviews, stories, and history, as expressed through photography
moral rights, and the ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism