62-209 Photographic Problems

10 units, Carnegie Mellon University

Garry Winogrand used the term photographic problem to explain his practice I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed. Other photographers are driven by other formal, ethical, and epistemological problems. What can photography make visible What does it mean for a narrative to be imposed onto a subject What responsibilities are involved in making and looking at images This course takes an expanded view on problems in and problems of photography and asks how problems drive practice. Students will work towards identifying their own photographic problems through exercises, critiques, writing prompts, and a final photographic project. Students will interrogate their relationship with making and reading photographs, regardless of their previous experience or skill level.

Prerequisites: none listed

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