PHL 372 PHILOSOPHY AND PHOTOGRAPHY

Today, cameras serve as our constant companions, reshaping the way we live in and how we experience the world and one another. In this course, we will talk about photographic images in many ways: as a way of seeing, as a form of discourse, as a way to document, as surveillance, as historical material, as the product of collective memory and collective storytelling, as a news medium, and as a form of social practice. The course is designed to be equal parts theoretical, visual, and creative. Over all, this course aims to produce students who are better able to think, understand others, and critically understand and express themselves in images. No photographic experience is needed and there is no additional expense for those with a camera phone. Students will produce a physical image-text book as their final project (each student will design and create their own)