Arts Writing: Rendering Photography

(4 Credits)

Prerequisite: Social and Asthtic History of Photography. A writing course with the larger aim of getting students to be more critical viewers and hence possess a more convincing voice?whether conveying, describing, analyzing, challenging, and/or critiquing what they see. The course will require students to attend exhibitions (mostly photography) on a regular basis (some of which will happen during class time), and to write on a weekly basis. Initial assignments will take the form of exercises, evolving into a more in-depth, content-driven criticism