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\n\u2022 Course Syllabus<\/a>
\n• What the Still Photo Still Does Best<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)
\n• Pictures That Change History: Why the World Needs Photojournalists<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)
\n• MediaWise Voter Project tipsheet<\/a><\/p>\n
\n❑ Photo Assignment: Five Days<\/a>
\n❑ Find-A-Photo: Pandemic<\/a><\/p>\nBeyond the Studio<\/h2>\n
early cameras \/\/ street photography \/\/ visual impact<\/a><\/h5>\n
Week 2 | Aug. 31-Sept. 4<\/h6>\n
\n\u2022 \u201cI believe in faking\u201d: The Dilemma of Photographic Realism at the Dawn of Photojournalism<\/a>
\n• Through His Eyes: Charles Libby in Spokane<\/a><\/p>\n
\n❑ Weeks 1-2 Quiz
\n❑ Find-A-Photo: Recently in Washington state<\/a><\/p>\nIn the Frame<\/h2>\n
exposure \/\/ action \/\/ composition<\/a><\/h5>\n
Week 3 | Sept. 7-11<\/h6>\n
\n\u2022 “Design Basics” chapter excerpt<\/a>, The Photographer’s Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos<\/em> by Michael Freeman
\n• Understanding Exposure in Photography<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n❑ Photography Assignment: Action<\/a>
\n❑ Find-A-Photo: Sports<\/p>\nThe Decisive Moment<\/h2>\n
breaking news \/\/ sports \/\/ right place, right time<\/a><\/h5>\n
Week 4 | Sept. 14-18<\/h6>\n
\n\u2022 The Most Important Skill for a Photojournalist<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)
\n• Who I’ve Hired: Julianne Varacchi, Senior Photo Editor, ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n
\n❑ Weeks 3-4 Quiz
\n❑ Find-A-Photo: Emotion<\/a><\/p>\nWar & Crisis<\/h2>\n
bearing witness \/\/ victims \/\/ vultures \/\/ personal toll<\/a><\/h5>\n
Week 5 | Sept. 21-25<\/h6>\n
\n\u2022 Beyond the Myth of the War Photographer<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)
\n• \u2018Who is the Enemy Here?\u2019 The Vietnam War Pictures That Moved Them Most<\/a> (PDF)
\n• Gerda Taro: The First Woman War Photographer to Die in the Field<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n• The True Story Behind an Iconic Vietnam War Photo Was Nearly Erased<\/a>
\n• “Looking At War”<\/a> by Susan Sontag<\/p>\n
\n❑ Photography Assignment: Light<\/a>
\n❑ Find-A-Photo: Familiar Place<\/a><\/p>\nColonial Lens<\/h2>\n
indigenous people \/\/ power dynamics \/\/ representation<\/a><\/h5>\n
Week 6 | Sept. 28-Oct. 2<\/h6>\n
\n• When the Camera Was a Weapon of Imperialism. (And When It Still Is.)<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)
\n\u2022 National Geographic\u2019s November cover falls back on a racist clich\u00e9<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n• Lynsey Addario: An Unexpected Retrospective<\/a>
\n• How a Lack of Representation Is Hurting Photojournalism<\/a><\/p>\n
\n❑ Weeks 5-6 Quiz
\n❑ Find-A-Photo: Enigma<\/a><\/p>\nThe Photo Essay<\/h2>\n
LIFE \/\/ visual narrative \/\/ mid-century culture<\/a><\/h5>\n
Week 7 | Oct. 5-9<\/h6>\n
\n\u2022 The Shock of Robert Frank\u2019s \u201cThe Americans\u201d<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)
\n• \u2018Country Doctor\u2019: W. Eugene Smith\u2019s Landmark Photo Essay<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n❑ Photography Assignment: Here and Now<\/a>
\n❑ Find-A-Photo: Protests and Demonstrations<\/a><\/p>\nProtest<\/h2>\n
social movements \/\/ visual symbols \/\/ first amendment rights<\/a><\/h5>\n
Week 8 | Oct. 12-16<\/h6>\n
\n• Magnum Photos: On Protest Photography<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)
\n\u2022 Photographers are being called on to stop showing protesters\u2019 faces. Should they?<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)
\n• Photos can show protests\u2019 complexity\u2014or they can perpetuate old lies<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)
\n• Twenty tips for staying safe while covering protests<\/a> (PDF<\/a>) <\/p>\n
\n• In Photographing Social Justice Protests, Respect Means \u2018Looking Again\u2019<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)
\n• The Superhero Photographs of the Black Lives Matter Movement<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)
\n• Interview with Photojournalist Evelyn Hockstein<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n❑ Weeks 7-8 Quiz
\n❑ Find-A-Photo: Voting in 2016<\/a><\/p>\nRace & Civil Rights<\/h2>\n
stereotype \/\/ contrast \/\/ conflict \/\/ celebrities<\/a><\/h5>\n
Week 9 | Oct. 19-23<\/h6>\n
\n• Malcolm X as Visual Strategist<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)
\n• Why does this legendary Black photographer’s work continue to resonate today?<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)
\n• Teaching The Camera To See My Skin<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Why We Need More Visual Journalists and Editors of Color<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n❑ Photography Assignment: Portraits<\/a>
\n❑ Find-A-Photo: Celebrity Portrait<\/a><\/p>\nPortraits<\/h2>\n
environmental \/\/ series \/\/ lighting & posing<\/a><\/h5>\n
Week 10 | Oct. 26-30<\/h6>\n
\n\u2022 The search for Jackie Wallace<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n❑ Weeks 9-10 Quiz
\n❑ Find-A-Photo: Animal<\/p>\nEnvironment & Landscape<\/h2>\n
animal life \/\/ large-scale composition \/\/ getting there<\/a><\/h5>\n
Week 11 | Nov. 2-6<\/h6>\n
\n\u2022 Reckoning With Ansel Adams\u2019s Photos Of A Mythic, Pristine American Wild West<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n❑ Photography Assignment: Day in the Life<\/a>
\n❑ Find-A-Photo: Beauty<\/p>\nDeath & Disaster<\/h2>\n
whose bodies \/\/ blood \/\/ survivors<\/a><\/h5>\n
Week 12 | Nov. 9-13<\/h6>\n
\n• When We See Photographs of Some Dead Bodies and Not Others<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)
\n• Evelyn McHale: Photojournalism as Iconography<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)
\n• Emmett Till\u2019s mother opened his casket and sparked the civil rights movement<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n• The War Photo No One Would Publish<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)
\n• Where Are the Photos of People Dying of Covid?<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)
\n• Behind the Scenes: To Publish or Not?<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)
\n• After Atomic Bombings, These Photographers Worked Under Mushroom Clouds<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n❑ Weeks 11-12 Quiz
\n❑ Find-A-Photo<\/p>\nIn the Home<\/h2>\n
access \/\/ everyday life \/\/ invisible violence<\/a><\/h5>\n
Week 13 | Nov. 16-20<\/h6>\n
\n\u2022 Photographing Domestic Violence: Showing Uncomfortable Truths<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)
\n• A Man Chronicles His Wife\u2019s Battle with Cancer in Heartbreaking Photographs<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)
\n• When Struggling Families Spark Internet Rage<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)
\n• Live Chat Transcript: ‘Evicted in Colorado’ photographer<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n❑ Photography Assignment: Pushing the Camera<\/a>
\n❑ Find-A-Photo: Someone Like You<\/p>\nThanksgiving Break: Nov. 23-27<\/em><\/h4>\n
Children<\/h2>\n
vulnerability \/\/ symbolic youth \/\/ legal considerations<\/a><\/h5>\n
Week 14 | Nov. 30-Dec. 4<\/h6>\n
\n• The People in the Pictures<\/a> – pages v to xi
\n\u2022 The Many Lives of Hazel Bryan<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n
\n• Where Is She Now? The Famous Flying Patagonia Baby<\/a><\/p>\n
\n❑ Final Quiz – includes review questions
\n❑ Find-A-Photo: Off Topic<\/a><\/p>\nNew Perspectives<\/h2>\n
drones \/\/ surveillance \/\/ industry transformation<\/a><\/h5>\n
Week 15 | Dec. 7-11<\/h6>\n
\n\u2022 The Problem With Police-Shooting Videos<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)
\n• Are the police trying to stop you from taking that cellphone video?<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)
\n• Photo Bill of Rights<\/a>
\n• The Photo Bill of Rights: An Interview with Three Co-Authors<\/a> (PDF<\/a>)
\n• Designed to Deceive: Do These People Look Real to You?<\/a><\/p>\n
\n❑ Final Project (due Dec. 16)<\/p>\nFinals Week<\/h2>\n
Week 16 | Dec. 14-18<\/h4>\n