Photography: Documentary Photography in the 21st Century

3 units

This praxis-based course explores the evolution of documentary practice in photography from the 1930s until the present-day. Lectures, readings, and film screenings will introduce students to the history, problems, and promises of documentary photography, as conceived by photographers, critics, and art historians. Studio and critique sessions will assist students in developing a personal documentary project and attaining new visual strategies for engaging a photographic form that originates from the entanglements of life. Course will also discuss documentary photo books, and strategies for editing a documentary series for book production. Students will have the option of producing a photobook.