Topic: Seeing the World Differently... Through Photography and Economics

Catalog description

Economists and photographers have something in common - they tell stories. Economics stories involve statistics and models. Photographic narratives rely on powerful images. A powerful image can make you think, touch your heart, and call for social action. In this interdisciplinary course, you will learn how to create powerful images that tell compelling stories, the stories that explore economic reality, economic growth issues, environmental sustainability, inequality and poverty, economic effects of the pandemic, and welfare costs of immigration and discrimination, etc. The course will require reading and writing about both photography and economic issues, as well as practicing photography regularly. The course also emphasizes how photography changed the meaning ofa document and how we use visual storytelling. You will learn how to use the digital camera and introduce to trends and ideas in contemporary and historical documentary work. With greater skills and context in place, you will communicate and advance in the complex and continually changing world of visual storytelling and economic reality.