62-392: Beyond the Snapshot - using Photography to see, to think, to feel
No one doubts the value of photography as a means of recording life. Even if we don¿t think of ourselves as photographers, digital cameras make it easy to photograph our families, our trips, and aspects of our life that we want to remember. But beyond snapshots, can photography also teach us how to see? Does looking through the camera¿s viewfinder sensitize us to world and help us see more? Or, as some writers suggest, does the camera interfere with experiencing the world fully.This mini explores seeing with the camera and the many issues that arise when one snaps the shutter. In addition, we will be looking at a range of different kinds of photographic images and understanding how to read them. While we are making photographs, we will be discussing critical issues in photography that come out of significant readings by Susan Sontag, Roland Barthes, and others. We will break the course into three main subject categories¿photographs of people; photographs of the social and man-made landscape; and photographs that are art driven. By using these subjects, students will become better seers in the world, more critical of images generally and of their own images; and, they will become more aware of the photography as an expressive medium. Prerequisite: A college level photography course, Familiarity with digital photography and a digital camera
| A3 | W | 08:30 am - 11:20 am | MM 121 | Brodsky |