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GART 1B42
Narrative Strategies: Photography
0.50 Credit(s)
Studio
Prerequisite: Students must have completed a minimum of 1.0 credit of First-year studio curriculum.
Narrative is key to contemporary visual practice as the unfolding of stories, the exploration of events, histories, ideas, and memories.

The examination of narrative expectations is key to contemporary visual art practices, especially photography. This course focuses on narrative as the unfolding of events, thoughts, stories, ideas, histories and memories through studio projects and exercises. A range of approaches to working with the photographic image will be employed, from found images to the students’ own digital photography. Readings and lectures will help students develop an understanding of narrative structures and their influence on contemporary art practices.
Notes: New title and code: formerly GART 1B09 Narrative, Series and Sequence
Course was last updated April 14, 2010 - 12:10 PM