Subject 'Documentary Photography'

Year:   2013/2014    2014/2015    2015/2016    2016/2017    2017/2018    

• documentality as a communication strategy: factuality and fictiveness
• documentary and the attribution of truthful representation; documentality as science and drama
• historical overview of documentary approach in literature, theatre, cinema and photography;
• observational and participatory documentary;
• documentary and visual anthropology; the principle of reflexivity in documentary practice;
• the philosophical underpinnings contributing to the formation of documentary photography: humanism and naturalism
• socially engaged documentary: photojournalism and journalistic photography
• critical and independent documentary practice: photo agencies, personal projects, etc.
• independent documentary practice as a society's means for self-scrutiny;

On successful completion of this course the students should be able to:

• have a systematic knowledge of the genres and possibilities of documentary photography;
• recognize the constant influence of political, economical and other interests on documentary practice;
• choose between observational and participatory methods
• base the style and modality of written information on the project objective;
• judge the contextual suitability of documentary modes of expression;

2019: 2271  

2018: 2271  

2017: 2271  

2016: 2271  

2015: 2271  

2014: 2271  

2013: 2271