Documentary Photography: the Social and Built Landscape Documentary photography explores issues, often social, humanistic and/or political, in man-made culture. This course examines the work of many major nineteenth and twentieth century documentarians while students photographically investigate their own topics. Among the many ethical areas of a documentarian1s concern, the course examines (through looking at the documentary tradition and through the student1s own work) the following: the photographer1s relationship to the subject; the choices involved in representing the subject; the act of selectivity in framing the subject; the reasons for making documentary photographs; the intended audience for documentary photography; and the appropriate final display of the photographs?should they be on museum walls, are they effective as printed pieces, and are they accessible to and/or have the approval of the subject? Extensive shooting and darkroom work, library research. Prerequisite: black and white darkroom 51-221, or by the permission of the instructor.
