ARTS 122
Photography, Identity and the Absence of Representation
Last Offered Spring 2022
Division I
This course is not offered in the current catalog

Class Details

This introductory level course offers an in-depth exploration of the DSLR camera and image by utilizing photographic digital technology. Emphasis is placed on the camera’s relationship to the body, domestic space and constructions of identity. Students will develop a fundamental control of photographic processes through technical exercises and at-home/on-campus and online experimentations. Students will learn how to use DSLR cameras, editing techniques and photographic curation to create a portfolio and exhibition reflecting on a personal body of work that examines the medium’s role in representing (or not representing) identities. There will be weekly readings and in-depth critiques to foster theoretical and visual literacy for the analysis of works. How is photography implicated in the construction and performance of identity? How does it complicate national, cultural, gender, race and sexual identity?
The Class: Format: studio
Limit: 12
Expected: 12
Class#: 3825
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: Students midterm and final critique of their body of work and accompanying artist statement
Prerequisites: Art majors who are interested in and are doing work in identity politics.
Enrollment Preferences: Art majors who have not yet taken an introductory photography class
Materials/Lab Fee: $250 standard lab fee charged to term bill
Distributions: Division I

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