UCSB | fall 200* | lower division photography | art19 | intro | talks | assignments | reading
the language(s) of photography*
[*there is emphatically no single 'language of photography']   illustrated talks		[Mondays 9am, ARTS 1426]
introduction: the many photographies:		& [briefly] their many histories
portraits & mugshots:		face control
landscapes & landmarks:		the world out there & then, here & now
nudes & other bodies:		corporeal & corporate
records, documents & indices:		proofs positive & negative
still-lifes & still-lives:		natures-morts & tableaux vivants; 'the still'
truth, lies & videotape:		narrative & montage; telling tales
the pixel against the grain:		'digital photography' and the fine print
commerce, advertising, fashion, porn:		consuming images; creating need
absence, death & redemption:		loss of memory; memory of loss