SOC 15
Photographic Literacy and Practice Winter 2019

Cross-listed ANTH 15
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When you look at a photograph, what is it really saying? How can you make photograph that says what you mean? This course will educate students on the concepts of photographic seeing and visual literacy, while also training students to apply these concepts to their own photography. In class we will review historical and contemporary photography, photobooks, and other sources of visual inspiration. Students will conceptualize and photograph a project of their own choosing. Students will learn to defend their work during in-class critiques, and at the end of the course the class will design and produce an exhibition of their photography. Outside of class, students will be expected to photograph on their own in the Williamstown area and access to a car may be helpful.
The Class: Format: three times per week--Mondays and Fridays from 10am-12pm and Wednesdays from 1pm-5pm
Limit: 12
Grading: pass/fail only
Requirements/Evaluation: final project; formal public exhibit
Prerequisites: none, but students must own or borrow a digital camera (a DSLR with a 35mm lens is ideal, but compact cameras will also work)
Enrollment Preferences: students can email me
Materials/Lab Fee: $0
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
ANTH 15 SOC 15
Attributes: EXPE Experiential Education Courses

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