Bodies in Inner and Outer Spaces
PHO4361.01
Course Description
Summary
What are the ways in which the space the human body occupies affects how we experience it in a photograph? How does the gendered and racialized body communicate through a photograph made in these spaces? What is communicated when figure and space intertwine? Throughout the history of photography, the human figure has been used to intentionally occupy and alter physical spaces. In this course students will explore in assignments how the human body can transform interior and exterior space. They will look at work by numerous photographers who have examined these ideas in both formally aesthetic and symbolic ways. These images will serve as inspiration for the work that will cover the course assignments. Class discussions of readings, peer critique of works in progress will be central components of the coursework.Prerequisites
Prior coursework in photography at ¿ÐýÃŹÙÍø, or permission from the instructor (contact terryboddie@bennington.edu).
Please contact the faculty member : terryboddie@bennington.edu