PHOTO 305 - The Visual Self

    Recent Professors
    Jessica S. Layton, Angela C. Lowrie
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025
    Class Size
    Not published
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    None.
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of PHOTO 305
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3A · IGETC Area 3A · CSU GE Area C2
    Description
    What is our relationship with photography? How do we engage with, consume, create and share photographs in an image- saturated world? Focusing on photography's influence from its origins to the present day, The Visual Self explores our personal relationship with the photographic images we capture and those we observe. Students will come away with a new recognition of their own engagement with images and how they consume and share visual forms of media. Through lectures, discussions, and visual presentations, the course will highlight the role of photography in disseminating information, trends, ideas, culture, and art both in contemporary and historical contexts. Students are not required to have any prior photography experience but will need the ability to capture their own images with a digital camera, smartphone, or tablet.
    Usually Held
    Tue 1:00pm–3:05pm, Tue 10:00am–12:05pm