Constructing Meaning with Photographs

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Constructing Meaning with Photographs will discuss ways in which multiple images can be used to expand upon and clarify the intended message of individual photographs and a visual series in whole. Throughout this half-semester studio course, students will work through a variety of approaches to image sequencing and editing. At the start of the course, students are expected to have a significant body of completed work or an easily accessible archive of print resolution images (100+ images) to work with for out of class assignments. Using their archive, they will edit sequences for different presentation methods including gallery exhibitions, books and zines, websites, linear displays, and print portfolios. Weekly in class editing exercises will conceptually correspond with out of class assignments to allow for experimentation and conversation around different approaches to photographic sequencing. Lectures, readings, guests, exhibition visits, and book presentations will provide additional support for understanding how to use photographs in series to build meaning.