COMM-6700

Rhetoric of the Photograph

This is a theoretical course exploring three aspects of photography that have a rhetorical component. These aspects are the formal “aesthetic” elements of the photographic image; the psychological, psychoanalytical relationship between viewer, model, camera, and photographer; and the social/political effects of photography in our culture. Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission of instructor. Offered on availability of instructor.

3 credit hours