Lectures.
Group tutorials.
Individual tutorials.
Independent practice and experimentation.
Independent reading and research.

Lecture and tutorial rooms.
Specialist workshop facilities, as appropriate.
Library.
Word-processing facilities.
Internet access.
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

This module considers some of the questions, debates and issues that have raged around the medium of photography, its nature and purpose, since its invention. Is it art, or merely a mechanical recording device? Is it objective and scientific, coolly analytical, or is it an emotionally charged trigger to subjective memory and contemplation? What is photography for? How do we make sense of photographs? Through lectures, seminars and group tutorials you will learn to relate your developing practice to a body of theories, ideas, thoughts and strategic approaches associated with your chosen medium.

You will present a body of coursework for assessment, including:

A written essay (2500 word processed and illustrated) from a list of questions provided. (Learning Outcomes 1,2,3)
An individual presentation which engages with thinking critically about visual images for the purpose of formative assessment during the module. Completion of this presentation will be compulsory in order to pass the module.

La Grange, Ashley, Basic Critical Theory for Photographers, Focal Press, 2004 ISBN 0240516524
Wells, Liz, The Photography Reader, Routledge, 2002 ISBN 0 415 24661X
Scott, Clive, The Spoken Image: Photography and Language Reaktion Books, 1999 ISBN 186189032X
Evans, Jessica (Ed), The Camerawork Essays/Context and Meaning in Photography, Rivers Oram Press, 1997 ISBN 1 85489 081 6