Registration now open for "Self - Portraiture in Contemporary Photography".
The class will meet on T/W/R from 12-2 pm. The course will run from May 16 - May 27.
Instructor:
Lali Khalid
Credit hours:
3 hrs
Schedule type:
FSF
Online Synchronous
Hybrid
Course Description:
This course introduces students to Contemporary Self – Portrait. Students will explore different themes in self – portraiture by examining works of world’s leading contemporary photographers. The class will be taught hands on with all students participating as both photographer and model. This course involves the production and critique of images pertaining to the self. Students will be examining how self-portraits have played a role in struggles for racial justice and visibility throughout history. Students will build on and refine their understanding of photographs by making, viewing, writing about and discussing them. The class will investigate the medium through a combination of lectures, demonstrations, experimentation, readings and group critique. Student’s full and energetic participation in each of these components of the course, especially the critique, is mandatory for success in the class. Students will complete this course with new skills and enthusiasm for Self- portraiture and understand how one of the longest established artistic genres continues to fascinate artists today.
