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The wide range of equipment and resources available to the student of Photography at the Academy of Art University reflects the breadth of the curriculum that includes traditional photography and digital photography technology.

Students begin their studies by building a strong foundation of conceptual and analytic experience, complemented by learning effective technical skills. The School of Photography facilities span four different buildings, all equipped with necessary items and resources for student usage. The students have access to the equipment and studio/darkroom space that reflects the needs of their curriculum. This includes state-of-the-art cameras, lighting and other studio equipment, wet darkrooms, digital imaging/printing darkrooms, variety of equipment accessories, and specialized working studios. We expect that students will attend AAU because the School of Photography’s commitment to traditional ideas in photography applied with the latest technologies in the industry.

Sutter: Darkroom and equipment (studio and location) issue room, 10 studios, MFA darkrooms, BFA intermediate and upper-division darkrooms, digital printing lab, classrooms, Full-time faculty and MFA Director offices.

Taylor: Darkroom issue room, BFA lower-division darkrooms, classrooms and BFA Director offices.

Van Ness: One large studio subdivided with six movable still life shooting bays, large cyclorama capable of full figure, large group shoots, and large production and car shooting capabilities, studio equipment issue room, MFA and BFA upper division digital printing lab.

New Montgomery: The digital photography darkrooms support students in the BFA and MFA programs. They provide a professional level facility in the area of photo digital imaging and portfolio production. Imaging, scanning and printing rooms, classrooms, Full-time faculty, Associate Director and Online Photo offices.


Equipment

35mm Cameras and Lenses:
  • Canon SLR film cameras
  • Canon Digital SLR cameras for checkout, including but not limited to:
    • Canon 30D
    • Canon 40D
    • Canon 5D
    • Canon 1Ds and 1DS MarkII
  • Lenses ranging from 15mm – 400mm, including  L-series

Medium Format Cameras:
  • H1 with leaf digital back (MFA)
  • Leaf digital back for 4x5, (MFA)
  • Mamiya 6x7, 645 film
  • Hasselblad V-system, including lenses ranging from 40mm – 180mm

View Cameras:
  • Sinar F1
  • Horesman
  • Lenses ranging from 75mm to 300mm

Black and White Darkrooms:
  • Bessler 4x5 enlargers
  • Saunder 6x7 enlargers
  • Omega 4x5 enlargers

Studio Strobes and Tungsten Light:
  • Profoto Acute 2 1200w & 2400w
  • Broncolor  Grafit A4, Flashman, PrimoA
  • Speedotron 2403CX, 4803
  • Norman P2000D
  • Mole Richardson
  • Pepper lights 250 - 500
  • Arri  650w – 2000w

Location Lighting:
  • Profoto 7B 1200w Kits
  • Profoto 600B Kits
  • Profoto Acute 2 1200w & 2400w Kits
  • Speedotron 800w Kits
  • Dynaltie 1000w Kits
  • Norman 400B Kits
  • Visatec 600w Kits
  • Pepper light 250w Kits

Digital Darkroom Hardware:
  • Latest Macintosh Computers
  • Lacie Monitors
  • Epson Stylus Photo Series Printers: 1280, 2200, 2400
  • Epson Stylus Professional Series Printers: 3800, 4800, 7600, 9600
  • Canon and Hewlitt-Packard Large Format Printers
  • A variety of film scanners – Nikon, Epson, and Hasselblad/Flextight (MFA)
  • Multi-format card readers
  • Wacom Tablets

Multimedia Equipment:
  • Variety of cameras, sound and video camera equipment is available to students in the Documentary Emphasis.

 

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