The Image & Difference explores the ways in which photography is and has historically be central to the production of a wide array of forms of difference, and to the normalisation of inequities within and between communities and nations. It explores the various social and political uses to which photography (and the moving image more broadly) have been put, as well as an array of creative strategies devised by communities or artists to evade or subvert or refuse these exercises of power. The class operates from an explicitly antagonistic stance against the intersecting violences of white supremacy, heteronormativity, misogyny, racism, homophobia, transphobia, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, ableism, and the many other ideologies that work to devalue minorities, and to reassert a narrowly defined definition of normativity. The class demands a willingness on the part of all its members to confront unpleasant, ethically reprehensible acts, events, objects and images and to speak to and about them openly, and with care.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $25.00

Majors are pre-registered by the department. This course is a requirement for Sophomore Photography students.

Major Requirement | BFA Photography

This six-credit course is designed to provide the necessary production time for the realization of the Degree Project, culminating in a well-organized and installed public exhibition of a project or body of work in the department's Red Eye Gallery. The Degree Project must be approved by photography faculty and accompanied by a written Degree Project Thesis. Attendance at all departmental visiting artist lectures is required.

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Senior Photography Students.

Major Requirement | BFA Photography