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2021-2022 University Catalog 
    
2021-2022 University Catalog [Archived Catalogue]

PHOT 353 Documentary and Street Photography



3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course

This course covers basic documentary and street photography with a focus on the picture story and visual journalism. Choice of subject depends on the students’ individual styles of photography and their point of view. The class is built on an intensive shooting schedule emphasizing photographic composition, regular feedback, and the use of appropriate equipment. The class covers selecting story ideas, picture editing, writing captions and preparing textblocks to accompany photographs, and business aspects of the field such as how and where to sell or publish work.

Prerequisites PHOT*210

Priority enrollment to Photography majors; Photography and Studio Photography minors. Interdisciplinary Fine Arts majors with Photo concentration are also granted priority enrollment.
This course is not repeatable for credit.