PHOTO 8 - Photography and American Culture
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- Recent Semesters
- No scheduled sections on record
- Class Size
- Not published
- Credits
- 3
- Transfers To
- CSU
- Description
- This course explores how photography has influenced ideas about race, class, gender, sexuality, and national identity in America, from its early days to today. You'll study different types of photography, including commercial photos, portraits, social documentaries, photojournalism, ethnographic and scientific photography, and fine art. By examining these images from ethical, cultural, and critical perspectives, you'll build your visual literacy skills. (A, CSU, UC)