62-239 Reading Pictures, Writing Photography

9 units, Carnegie Mellon University

Through photographys history, writers have sought to identify what is special about photography, the mediums essential characteristics, and what happens when photographs make something visible. In this course students will engage critically with photographs and photography through classic and contemporary texts on photography, and by producing their own writing. Students will become familiar with significant photographers and key issues raised around photography and develop their own critical and authorial voices. Readings include pieces by Roland Barthes, Walter Benjamin, Susan Sontag, Hito Steyerl, Rebecca Solnit, Teju Cole, and many others.

Prerequisites: none listed

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