This course explores photography as a disciplined way of seeing or investigating urban landscapes, and expressing ideas. Readings, observations, and photographs form the basis of discussions on light, detail, place, poetics, narrative, and how photography can inform design and planning.
The current version of the class website for the course can be found here: [Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry](https://web.mit.edu/landphoto/index.html).
Overview
Syllabus
- Lecture 1: Alex MacLean, March 6, 2006
- Lecture 2: Camilo Jose Vergara, March 13, 2006
- Lecture 3: Lewis Watts, March 20, 2006
- Lecture 4: Wendy Ewald, April 3, 2006
- Lecture 5: Steven Moga, Will Steacy, and Lawrence Vale, April 10, 2006
- Lecture 6: Martin Krieger, April 24, 2006
- Lecture 7: Leslie Tuttle, May 1, 2006
- Lecture 8: Anne Whiston Spirn, May 8, 2006
Taught by
Prof. Anne Whiston Spirn
