PHOT 150 — Photography and Society
This course will examine a variety of topics concerning the interface of photography and society. These include photography and the arts, propaganda and politics, photography and scientific observation, visual anthropology, the visual archive as historical memory, surveillance and power, issues of privacy and censorship, advertising and commodity culture, photojournalism, and the construction of celebrity through images. The manufacturing of personal identity and cultural history through photographic artifacts will be emphasized, as well. Analysis will focus on the way photographic images are used in society and how they help construct our sense of self and the world on a daily basis.