Contemporary Issues in Photography

Undergraduate

This course will provide an examination of the theoretical debates and key writings on photography in the modern and contemporary contexts. Critical areas to be discussed include photographic realism, documentary and narrative forms, digital reconfiguration, intermedial, gender and identity, space and place. The role of the photograph will be explored in relation to conditions in contemporary art and society to provide a broader context for interrogating photographic image-making. (Pre-requisites for Visual Arts majors: MACS 2140 and MACS 2150; pre-requisites for non-majors: semester 4 standing)