PHOTOGRAPHY: FACT AND FICTION

This course explores and questions the idea of the image as evidence, or the way seemingly objective documentation shapes public perception and the historic record. The very nature of photography is subject to manipulation and therefore raises questions in regard to our concept of “fact” and “fiction.” Once the photographer raises the viewfinder to their eye, that very act suggests control and manipulation over how the photograph will reveal what is being recorded. Students will explore framing, chance, context and time in order to open up their photographic practice, giving them the ability to respond to a wide variety of situations and circumstances.

“All photographs are accurate. None is the truth.” Richard Avedon