Photography
By specialising in Photography at the Rietveld Academie, you will be trained as an autonomous photographer. New imaging techniques using video, film and other media will be tested according to photographic traditions. In the Photography department of the Rietveld Academy, you will create autonomous conceptual work in which photography serves as a catalyst within the working process. Once graduated you may use tthe title Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA).
Contact
coordinator: Ine Lamers, ine@rietveldwerkplaats.nl
See also www.rietveldphoto.com
During the first phase of the programme, you will investigate the different techniques in connection with the development of your own solutions and vision. Attention will be paid to special techniques with regard to both old and new developments in photography. Your personal artistic development comes first, and during the programme you will learn to become a self-operating, innovative, conceptually thinking photographer. No single style or direction is taught within the department. What is important in the department, however, is to critique the medium in order to better understand it. In addition to the aesthetic and technical techniques available today, you will learn to think like a visual artist and to take a self-reflexive approach to the medium. Collective discussions and observations form an important part of the instruction.
Courses offered
Autonomous art Photography, Visual research, Visual design, Image Manipulation, Technical skills, Workevaluations, Philosophy, Art History, Studium Generale.
STEENBERGEN STIPENDIUM | Ola Lanko, winner Steenbergen Stipend 2012
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Interview with the nominees
Ola Lanko, winner Steenbergen Stipendium 2012
more information: nederlandsfotomuseum.nl
Rietveld exposition in Foam
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Students of the Photography department were challenged by Foam (Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam) to make work with the title 'Teenage Magazines'. The result came to be a magazine with work that is often both provocative and poetic. This magazine will be shown in the form of an enlarged dummy on the walls of the museum and will also be published as a book this spring.
Over thirty students of the Photography department will show their work in Foam. Under the guidance of their tutors students made work which demonstrates the autonomous character of the department. Starting point for the exhibition was the theme 'Teenage Magazines'. The work 'Pluggen' illustrates the wide interpretation of this theme. It shows used plugs of bathrooms, living rooms, sculleries, nurseries, hallways, etc. These represent something that once was, but has been left behind now. Because of the almost abstract, registering photography, the plugs arouse feelings of alienation and violence.
The Photography department is known as an important breeding ground for talent, which has produced many internationally renowned photographers, like Rineke Dijkstra, Inez van Lamsweerde, Charlotte Dumas, Julika Rudelius and Hellen van Meene.
'Teenage Magazines' will be opened on Thursday, March 10 at 5.30 p.m., by Tijmen van Grootheest, chairman of the Board of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie.
Teenage Magazines
11 - 23 March, 2011, in Foam
Open daily from 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m., Thursday and Friday from 10.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m.
Entrance fee: € 8,00
Rietveld Uncut 9&10 November @ Brakke Grond : COME AND BUILD
Study Structure
first specialisation year
During the first specialisation year, you and your classmates and lecturers will draw up a canon – a set of rules that you believe in and will use as a guide. This is the beginning of the artist’s statement which you will develop in more detail later on in the programme. Students will work freely, and not on the basis of assignments, although certain frameworks will be defined. In addition to group discussions, there will be room for individual supervision.
second specialisation year
On the basis of the canon adopted during the first year, you will choose positions and further develop them. You will be expected to be able to take an independent, relevant position as a visual artist by this time. The lessons will continue to have a critical character with regard to the student’s own medium. In addition to photography, it is important to study other contemporary trends in art. The surrounding programme will include visits to lectures, exhibitions and symposiums that have nothing to do with photography. This will help you broaden your world view.
third specialisation year
During the third specialisation year, you will work towards the final examination and complete your artist’s statement in the form of a thesis.
Projects
The Photography department presents itself within and outside the Academy through numerous projects.
Theory
In the Photography department, you will receive theoretical instruction in media history, photography theory, art theory, art history and media theory. The Studium Generale is also a standard part of the theory education in the Photography department. The Studium Generale provides a general historical context concerning current themes in the contemporary international art world. The Studium Generale brings in prominent speakers from the Netherlands and abroad to give lectures. For more information, see Studium Generale
Work placement and exchange
The Photography programme at the Rietveld Academie does not include any work placements. However, students are encouraged to participate in exchange programmes with other academies outside the Netherlands. This is always done in consultation with your lecturers.
Students 1st year
Students 2nd year
Students 3rd year