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Critical Theories of Photography - SAHT3669
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Faculty: College of Fine Arts
 
 
School:  School of Art History and Art Education
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.cofa.unsw.edu.au/schools/arthistorytheory
 
 
Campus: College of Fine Arts Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Equivalent: SAHT9211
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

This course will critically examine the major ways in which photography has been theorised. Semiotic and post structuralist approaches to the photographic medium will receive particular attention. Other areas covered include realist theories of photography, aesthetic and contextualist approaches, and theories about the impact of digital technologies on the photographic image. The theories studied in the course will be applied to historical and contemporary examples of photographic practice.

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