DOCST 117 - Documentary Photography and the Southern Culture Landscape

Institution:

Duke University

Subject:

Documentary Studies

Description:

Emphasis on the tradition and practice of documentary photography as a way of seeing and interpreting cultural life. The techniques of black-and-white photography - exposure, development, and printing - diverse ways of representing the cultural landscape of the region through photographic imagery. The role such issues as objectivity, clarity, politics, memory, autobiography, and local culture play in the making and dissemination of photographs. Instructor: Rankin

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.DUKE.EDU

Phone Number:

(919) 684-8111

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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