Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry

11.309J / 4.215J Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry

As taught in: Spring 2006

An image from Post Office Square in Boston. (Image courtesy of Francisca Rojas. Used with permission.)

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.

DATES	LECTURES	VIDEO LECTURES
March 6, 2006	Alex MacLean	(RM - 56K) (RM - 220K)
March 13, 2006	Camilo Jose Vergara	(RM - 56K) (RM - 220K)
March 20, 2006	Lewis Watts	(RM - 56K) (RM - 220K)
April 3, 2006	Wendy Ewald	(RM - 56K) (RM - 220K)
April 10, 2006	Steven Moga, Will Steacy, and Lawrence Vale	(RM - 56K) (RM - 220K)
April 24, 2006	Martin Krieger	(RM - 56K) (RM - 220K)
May 1, 2006	Leslie Tuttle	(RM - 56K) (RM - 220K)
May 8, 2006	Anne Whiston Spirn	(RM - 56K) (RM - 220K)