2009 Fall ARTSVIS 117-01
Bulletin Course Description Emphasis on the tradition and practice of documentary photography as a way of seeing and interpreting cultural life. The techniques of black-and-white photography - exposure, development, and printing - diverse ways of representing the cultural landscape of the region through photographic imagery. The role such issues as objectivity, clarity, politics, memory, autobiography, and local culture play in the making and dissemination of photographs. Instructor: Rankin
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Title DOC PHOTO/SOUTH CULTURE Department ARTSVIS Course Number 2009 Fall 117 Section Number 01 Primary Instructor Rankin,Thomas S. Prerequisites
Synopsis of course content
Emphasis on the tradition and practice of documentary photography as a way of seeing and interpreting cultural life. Includes the techniques of black-and-white photography — exposure, development, and printing — and diverse ways of representing the cultural landscape of the region through photographic imagery. Also covers the roles that objectivity, clarity, politics, memory, autobiography, and local culture play in the making and dissemination of
photographs.
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