11.309J / 4.215J Sites in Sight: Photography as Inquiry
As taught in: Fall 2003
An image from the Harvard Bridge project. (Image courtesy of Sawako Kaijima. Used with permission.)
Level:
Graduate
Instructors:
Prof. Anne Whiston Spirn
Course Description
This course explores photography as a disciplined way of seeing, of investigating landscapes and expressing ideas. Readings, observations, and photographs form the basis of discussions on landscape, light, significant detail, place, poetics, narrative, and how photography can inform design and planning, among other issues.
The class website can be found here: Sites in Sight: Photography as Inquiry.
