MIT 11.309J / 4.215J Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry - Spring 2006

MIT 11.309J / 4.215J Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry - Spring 2006

8 Lectures · Nov 3, 2008

About

This course explores photography as a disciplined way of seeing, of investigating landscapes and expressing ideas. Readings, observations, and photographs form the basis of discussions on landscape, light, significant detail, place, poetics, narrative, and how photography can inform design and planning, among other issues.

The class Web site can be found here: Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry.

Course Highlights

This course features video lectures in the lecture notes section and a full description of class assignments in the assignments section.

Course Homepage: Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry Spring 2006

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Visualizing density in photography

Alex MacLean

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Invited Talk
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Urban photography of American cities

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Photography of African American cultural landscapes

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Jul 13, 2010

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Secret games - collaborations with children

Wendy Ewald

Jul 13, 2010

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Photography and its role in rebuilding New Orleans

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Lawrence J. Vale

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Inquiry and Sensing in photography

Martin Krieger

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Social documentary photography

Leslie Tuttle

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To see is the root of idea

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