Traditional Genres in Digital Photography: Photographing People

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Through practical assignments, lectures, readings, discussion and critique, investigates the traditional photographic genre of portraiture. Students create works and conduct research which questions and contextualizes these images in historical and contemporary art. Addresses such questions as what defines a portrait and the social, political and cultural impacts these have had on photography and art, as well as how photographs of people have been transformed with the advent of digital technology and how this affects images in a broader cultural and social history. Emphasizes the students' work and a final portfolio of portraits.