Pratt Institute - Prattonia Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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mi paresis pre a er erarer aver arar ar arairanin eee AVearcl Dyxyien Art Desx STRAINED STRAINED Film Industrial Photography NET WT 3 YRS (6 SEMESTERS: STRAINED Fine Arts NET WT YRS ¢ ORMES! NET WT 3 YRS ‘6 SEMES' i: 7 ww POEM a Now one recalls those days with warm fondness. Anaspiring I.D. studentinlight shapes, doyou hear anyone complaining? Nooooooo00000. On the contrary no one and color class “I want to be an industrial designer so whatam I paintingfor?” And seems to mind at all. In fact everyone is paying very close attention. the occassional photography student in Form and Space: But I want to be a And how could one forget their first all nighter eh? Staying in the dorm on photographer, so why am I playing with clay?” weekends and getting wasted because no one has enough pennies left over from However in drawing class when the first model sheds his her clothes to reveal their tuition bill to fill a shot glass. Ah such fond memories, farewell Foundation. every inch of epidermis, those well toned muscles, those curved lines and firm 21

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n the begin- ning there was dark- ness... Then Foundation said unto all in coming freshman: let there be light!!, color, and of course design. However there was still a great void to be filled before students could attain enlightenment. We must fill the space with form someone replied. It’s rumored that the haunting voices of the foundation leaders can still be heard today echoing through the halls of Pratt Studios...”Clay and plaster will thy masters”... Thus the broad concepts of form and of space were boldly put forth for benefit of the foundation masses. Yet there remained an unfilled gap. An underlying need for structure and form, basic lights and darks. Perceiving visual information and directing it on a two dimensional surface. They called it drawing. And so it was then, is now, and ever shall be this way until the very end of time...for Foundation is the cornerstone upon which all our thinking rests. foundation :

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The Pratt Photography Department has an interchangeable 134 credit curriculum; f 4 years, with a B.F.A. lockmount; eye-level instruction with quality image center, microprism collar, and ground glass field. Portfolio review shows B.F.A. indicators for independant manual control or wrong shutter speed; has center weighted instructor-priority, automatic exposure-to-student control with ASA film speeds 25-3,200; hot shoe synch, with Photography Depart- ment elective flash, automatically adjusts learning material and lens aperature. Optional M.F.A. attaches at B.F.A. base and reaps higher quality, rapid single-frame or sequence shots at two frames per second. Priced $16,960 with light-weight senior class, compact curriculum and integrated electives. MAIN FEATURES: Alan Brown, Dennis Chalkin, Arthur Freed, David Freund, William Gedney, David Paul Horton, Maruin Hoshino, Alan Klotz, George Knoblach, Judith Linn, Jean Locey, Ann Mandelbaum, Elaine Mayes, Paul McDonough, Chris Moore, Philip Perkins, Nina Prantis, Sandy Rosenberg, Sarah Vanouwerkerk, Lynn Zelevansky. The manually keyed type Film curriculum has diversified universal focus with multi-speed power zoom; fully automatic 4 year exposure control of New York City area with a 3 year film core. Instructor’s meter exposure and end-of-potential indicators. Provision for on-camera poise; input monitoring before and during filming; automatic learning control; sound understanding and professional ability, indicated by successful graduation. This department operates on 10 instructors; self-resetting faculty counter; need not be engaged in classroom for full power zoom. Priced $16,960.00 with orientation, culture shock, wrist strap, graduation and eye cup. MAIN FEATURES: Boris Bode’, Howard Danelowitz, Bob Fiala, Gordon Hitchens, Lee Howard, Doreen Hyman, Joyce Jesionowski, Paul Killian, Nick Manning, John Snyder. 22