The Post Office Square in Boston, which served as the site of a student's project. (Image courtesy of Francisca Rojas. Used with permission.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Anne Whiston Spirn
MIT Course Number
11.309J / 4.215J
As Taught In
Fall 2012
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Highlights
Also included with the assignments for this course are examples of student work, available through the class website from Fall 2012.
Course Description
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.
Other Versions
Other OCW Versions
OCW has published multiple versions of this subject. 