Digital Photography and Visual Studies

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

Lance Nettrouer at 04/22/2022 01:40 PMThis module will introduce students to the medium of photography with a focus on the environment it functions within the South African context as well as a focus on modern digital photography and the technical working knowledge of a camera. This will be done by critically engaging with academic texts alongside photographic works by South African photographers, both contemporary and historical. Through this engagement, students will gain an understanding of what a successful image comprises of. The required readings and photographic visual analyses will engage in complex issues that make up the South African landscape. Students will be required to question and analyze the various narratives a photographic series is representing and how the images are being framed through a socio cultural and historical lens. Practical work and readings will be given at the end of each seminar in preparation for the following week s seminar. This module comprises of 3 to 4 practical outings to museums galleries and specific locations.