Teacher: Stefano Grassi
Composition theory (analysis and critical reading of the images). The visual process. Spatial vision of an image: geometric perspective, overlapping; contrast lighting, structural changes, angle of view, degree of culture observer. Images from a mainly informative, formal aesthetic, emotional.
Essential criteria for the analysis of the composition. Elements of the composition object of analysis.
Teacher: Stefano Grassi
The light. Visible spectrum, ultraviolet and infrared. Primary colors of additive synthesis of light; subtractive primary colors of light colors complement each other. Differences between analogue and digital photography. Opaque objects and objects transparent and translucent.
Luminous phenomena: absorption. Reflection: specular, diffuse, selective. Transmission: direct, diffuse and selective. Refraction and its laws. Diffraction.
Teacher: Stefano Grassi
The 35 mm camera.; Photographic accessories; objectives: focal length, angle of view, brightness, hyperfocal, light values (EV), shutter speed, aperture, depth of field characteristics of digital sensors, brightness contrast, lighting, contrast of the subject, techniques of exposure: reflected light, incident light, use of electronic flasher, psychology and photogenic portrait, fields and floors, the main patterns of lighting in the room installation.
Teacher: Davide Atzei
Digital darkroom. Management, elaboration and visualization of digital photographic files in efficient and quick way. How to optimize shots with a help of tools of non destructive editing, like advanced controls of colour and shade, advanced contrast and reduction of digital disturbance. Exportation for a print, creation of filmed presentations with audio and Web galleries. Efficient management of photo collection with features of import, assignment of tags based on metadata, classification, ecc. Inclusion of Adobe Photoshop CS4.
Teacher: Stefano Grassi
For an achievement of good technical mastery in use of photographic equipment in photo studio and outside will be discussed: portrait, psychology and photogenity; lighting schemes of portrait: full, rembrandt, silhouette, diffuse, backlight; techniques of measuring of lighting, incident and reflected; shooting in photo studio; geographical and social reportage: are planned 4/5 outings.
Teacher: Ivana Salis
Through the historical excursus will be retraced important moments of development of artistic movements that characterized Arts from its origins till contemporary tendencies.
Teacher: Ivana Salis
Through the historical excursus will be retraced important moments of development of artistic movements that characterized photography from its origins till contemporary tendencies.
Teacher: Federica Caboni
1. How to make work a business idea?
2. Successful strategy for enterprise: valuable action of marketing.
3. Basic elements for preparation of marketing plan or at least of communication plan.
Teacher: Elisabetta Randaccio
Analysis and critical reading of films “The Man with a Movie Camera” (1929) of Dziga Vertov. “Profession reporter” of Michelangelo Antonioni (1975).
Stefano Grassi lives and works in Cagliari. From 1985 to 2007 was owner of the Studio of Visual Communication PhotArt (agency of services for publishing and advertising).
In 1988 specializes as a set photographer in the European Institute of Design of Cagliari with an experimental thesis in set photography. Works in Milan with a fashion photographer Klaus Zaugg. The same year starts teaching photography, video and visual communication (European Institute of Design, Company of Lateral Art, Cultural Centre Man Ray and public schools). Also teached in special artistic projects for disabled people.
From 1993 to 1994 lives in Rome where works as a set photographer of Parioli Theatre in television broadcast “Maurizio Costanza show”.
In 1995 is one of the charter members of the Cultural Centre Man Ray- Polyvalent Space dedicated to contemporary artistic experimentations- which preside first 4 years and where works as a director of didactic activities and organisation of events. From 2007 is centre’s director once again.
Between 2002 and 2003 realizes various video of shows of the Theatre of Sardinia. In 2004, invited of Italian Institute of Culture of Zagreb, makes a seminar of video production during the International Festival of Cinema and of Theatre of Pola (Croatia), where presents his last short film “Maimones’s land” and produces new one “Mercat dance” with his pupils.
Collaborates with newspapers “L’Unione Sarda” and “La Nuova Sardegna”. His services of current news appeared on national and private networks. Produced various short films and didactic video. Realized services of geographical and social reportage in different foreign countries. Is responsable for organization of publishing coordination of all of the exhibitions of Cultural Centre Man Ray.
Graduated in Economy and Trade. From 2006 becomes professional photographer with a studio in Iglesias. Specialized in photography of ceremonies and in management of digital files with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.
In 2009 a jury of International Fund Orvieto Photography awards him a qualification QIP- Qualified Italian Wedding’s Photographer.
Attended Man Ray Photoschool , where from this year teaches “Management and filing of digital files with Adobe Lightroom”.
Ivana Salis, graduated in Art History in 2009 and a graduate student in History of Contemporary Art at the School of Specialization in Historical Artistic Heritage of the University of Siena.
She contributes to various researches for “Progetto Nuovi Archivi del Futurismo”, volumes 3-4., sponsored by the Foundation Quadriennale Nazionale d’Arte and by the CNR and published by De Luca Editori, Rome, dedicated to the “Cataloghi di esposizioni” (2010), edited by E. Crispolti. Moreover, with the School of Specialization of Siena, she collaborates to the edition of the volumes dedicated to the critic Enrico Crispolti.
She was the winner for the year 2011-2012 of the scholarship “Ingrao” funded by the Municipality of Cagliari, with a research on the painter Emilio Notte, curated by R. Notte, E. Crispolti and G. Agnese.
Her interest in Contemporary Art in Sardinia gave birth, in 2011, to a retrospective exhibition on Hoder Claro Grassi curated by Vittorio Sgarbi (with whom she has been collaborating since 2009), result of the work on the master thesis supervised by Professor Maria Luisa Frongia.
Since 2006 she has been collaborating with several organizations and cultural institutions, including the Diocesi of Cagliari for which she worked on the project of cataloguing of Movable Property of historic-artistic interest promoted by CEI throughout Italy (2008-2010), the Diocesan Museum of Cagliari, for which she curated the set-up of three exhibitions dedicated to the cycle of the Virgin Mary (2009) and in 2012 the educational session of the museum; she he is responsible for the didactics of Consortium Camù, she held a conference during the European Heritage Days at the Superintendency of Cagliari (2012).
She writes for the cultural website MilanoArteExpo.
Graduated in Managerial Economics. Main subjects and topics of expertise: Economics and Communications technology, Economics and Business Management, Economics and management of technological innovation, Social responsibility in organizations, Business Policy and Strategic Management, Accounting and Financial Reporting. She received in 2010 a Ph.D, in Economics and Business Administration. In 2011, she got a Master’s Seminary in European Project Planning 2007/2013- Europroject Manager at Eurogiovani, European Research and Studies Centre - Via Massimo D’Azeglio 48 – 40123 Bologna.
Veronica Frau has attended the Man Ray Photo School, year 2010-2011, specializing in "Portrait". In 2011 she exhibits at the XVII edition of "Laboratorio": educational exhibition of Man Ray Photo School. In 2012 she participates to the VIII edition of "Imperfetto Futuro", Regional Youth Festival of Arts at the Municipal Centre of Art and Culture EXMA of Cagliari, earning a "special mention" by a jury of art historians in the section "Visual Arts". In 2011 she works as a makeup artist for the photo shoots of Man Ray Photo School and for several acting companies in the city.
Graduates in 1984 at Modern Liberal Arts with a thesis in history of theatre. In 1987 graduates in Magistero of Cagliari with a thesis in Sociology of literature. From 1986 is a teacher; specializes in 2002 in Judicial Psychology.
Is involved in cinema, audio-visual, didactics, theatre and literature. For 18 years collaborated as a cultural organizer in various initiatives with a Humane Society- Sardinian Film Library of Cagliari. Teached in training and refresher courses of visual education in different schools for teachers of elementary, media and high schools.
Organized didactic courses of audio-visuals and cinema in master of various private schools of specialization.
Was a judge of various international festivals of cinema for Italian Federation of Cinematic Societies, where is national vice- president for seven years.
Participated and collaborated in websites with interventions about cinema and theatre. Collaborates regularly as cinematic critic with newspaper “Godotnews” and pages of culture of “Sa Repubblica sarda”.
In 2003-2004 collaborated in seminar “The rights of cinema” of University of Political Sciences of Cagliari.
Collaborated in creation of volume “Cinema and teaching of history” (by F.Masala, publishing Dattena, Cagliari, 1988). Also collaborated in creation of draft of “Filmpraxis, Notebooks of Sardinian film library”, n.1, 1991 and n.2, 1995. Pubblished in “Bolotanians Notebooks” n.24 year XXIV-1998 an essay “Denied identity”: cinema and Sardinian environment. Realized a volume and introduction “The rest in the mind. Writing and image in the didactics of audio-visuals.” (Cagliari, 2001). Involved in afterword of the book of stories of Massimo Spiga “That fucked yellow rabbit” (Cagliari, 2001). Took care of adaptation and introduction of theatrical text of Marcello Serra “Efisio of Elia”. Participated in volume “Bicycle’s thiefs ” (ed.FICC, 2003), “Lab of memory” (Cagliari 2004), “Betrayed heroes”, “Works of Salgari in cinematic transcriptions”.
Lessons
• Take place during six months
• Enrolment is open from January 2014. Class has a restricted access.
• Course starts in October of 2014 and finishes in April 2015.
• Lessons are biweekly: Monday and Wednesday at 20.15- 22.00; some holidays for excursions. For some practic lessons pupils will be divided in two groups: group A and group B. Group A will attend practic lessons from 18.00 to 20.00, while group B- from 20.15 to 22.15.
• Lessons of theory will take place with a help of audio-visual materials.
• Is planned final written test and certificate of attendance with evaluation of different subjects.
• Is planned a delivery of didactic lecture notes of lessons themes.
• Are planned meetings with professional photographers who will present their works
Lessons will take place in via Isonzo, 26 Cagliari.
For information about Man Ray Photo School contact numbers 070/283288 - 347/3614182 or send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . We receive by appointment.