Spanish Photography

Catalog description

From portraiture to landscape, from the urban to rural, from the monumental to the mundane, this course explores Spanish photography, studying a range of artists and styles - formal, experimental, documentary, abstract, conceptual - between 19th century and the present. At the heart of weekly discussions will be some key foundational questions: What is photography? What is Spanish photography? How does one read a photograph? What does photography, a supposedly visual medium, have to do with language, textuality and writing? What are different theories of photography? This course is conducted in Spanish and designed for a diverse group of students, including those who already are familiar with the language of photography as well as those who have never studied photography before.