PHOT 203 - Documentary/Photojournalism

Credits: 3
This course explores the similarities of Documentary Photography and Photojournalism in two modules by combining emotional content with factual reportage. Balancing aesthetic content and form with information to produce meaningful documentary work, students learn to build coherent, intelligent, and emotive content relying on instinct and impulse to photograph events. Students learn to identify the consistencies of theme and structure in their work. Classes will include discussions on researching, shooting, editing and sequencing, critiques, and assignments. Students will be assigned approximately twelve documentary/photojournalism assignments. In a lab setting, students will gain proficiency in producing high quality photographic images for newspapers, magazines, and digital publications.