An image from the Harvard Bridge project. (Image courtesy of Sawako Kaijima. Used with permission.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Anne Whiston Spirn
MIT Course Number
11.309J / 4.215J
As Taught In
Fall 2003
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Description
This course explores photography as a disciplined way of seeing, of investigating landscapes and expressing ideas. Readings, observations, and photographs form the basis of discussions on landscape, light, significant detail, place, poetics, narrative, and how photography can inform design and planning, among other issues.
The class website can be found here: Sites in Sight: Photography as Inquiry.
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