In this course you will consider a broad range of professional, artistic, and social photo practice seeking insights into their cultural functions.

In Cultures of Photography, you will not just look at practitioners isolated from their contexts. You are expected to place them in lineages - think of them in relation to a conversation they conduct with their audience - relate them to the history in which they operate. You will think of practice in relation to the topics that drive them.

You will use this course to cultivate an understanding of historical and theoretical contexts of those practitioners, images and/or issues in photo discourse that inspire or interest you. This will give you critical skills to strengthen your own work.