Perspectives in Photography is an introduction to photography as a medium capable of
documenting the world, critiquing it, and synthesizing new creative ideas. As students you will
learn about a variety of genres and conceptual approaches to photography through the lives and
creative processes of artists from diverse backgrounds. Smartphones and/or DSLR cameras will
be utilized to create photographic projects in a variety of genres (portraiture, still-life,
documentary, etc.) while applying basic concepts of lighting, composition, and editing. You will
learn about how meaning is created through imagery and participate in that process. By the end
of the course, you will achieve basic visual literacy in terms of learning to “read” an image and
understand the creative decisions that are part of generating powerful photographs. As a result,
you will be equipped to critically navigate and produce meaningful content for an increasingly
image-saturated world.