Seeing Through Photographs
Explore the language of photography and develop critical skills to understand images in their artistic and cultural context.
Explore the language of photography and develop critical skills to understand images in their artistic and cultural context.
This course cannot be purchased separately - to access the complete learning experience, graded assignments, and earn certificates, you'll need to enroll in the full Modern and Contemporary Art and Design Specialization program. You can audit this specific course for free to explore the content, which includes access to course materials and lectures. This allows you to learn at your own pace without any financial commitment.
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What you'll learn
Analyze photographic meaning and context
Understand artistic processes and choices
Evaluate documentary and artistic approaches
Explore photography's historical development
Identify various photographic techniques
Develop critical viewing skills
Skills you'll gain
This course includes:
2.45 Hours PreRecorded video
7 quizzes
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There are 7 modules in this course
This comprehensive course explores photography's diverse roles in our visual culture. Through examining 100 photographs from MoMA's collection, students learn to analyze images as artistic expressions, historical documents, and cultural artifacts. The curriculum covers various photographic approaches, from documentary to artistic expression, scientific documentation to personal narratives. Students gain insights through video lectures, artist interviews, and behind-the-scenes museum access. The course emphasizes critical thinking about how photographs shape our understanding of history, art, and contemporary visual culture.
Introduction to Seeing Through Photographs
Module 1 · 1 Hours to complete
One Subject, Many Perspectives
Module 2 · 2 Hours to complete
Documents and the Documentary
Module 3 · 2 Hours to complete
One and Another
Module 4 · 2 Hours to complete
Constructing Narratives, Challenging Histories
Module 5 · 2 Hours to complete
Pictures of People
Module 6 · 2 Hours to complete
Ocean of Images
Module 7 · 3 Hours to complete
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Instructors
Photography Curator and Visual Arts Scholar
Lucy Gallun serves as The Peter Schub Curator in the Department of Photography at The Museum of Modern Art, where she has made significant contributions to photography curation and education for over 12 years. Her curatorial achievements include organizing three iterations of MoMA's New Photography exhibition series and multiple Projects exhibitions, including "Being: New Photography 2018" and "Ocean of Images: New Photography 2015". She is the lead instructor for MoMA's online course "Seeing Through Photographs," which explores the complex history and practice of photography through MoMA's extensive collection. Her scholarly work includes co-editing and contributing to "Photography at MoMA," a comprehensive three-volume history of photography at the Museum, and authoring "Robert Frank: Trolley—New Orleans" in the Museum's One on One series. Before joining MoMA, she held prestigious positions as the Whitney Lauder Curatorial Fellow at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia and as a Helena Rubinstein Curatorial Fellow at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. Through her exhibitions, publications, and educational initiatives, Gallun continues to advance the understanding and appreciation of photography as both an artistic medium and a cultural force.
Photography Curator and Educational Innovator
Sarah Meister has built an extraordinary career in photography curation and education, serving as Curator at The Museum of Modern Art from 2009 to 2021, before becoming Executive Director at Aperture. During her 25-year tenure at MoMA, she curated numerous groundbreaking exhibitions including "Fotoclubismo: Brazilian Modernist Photography" (2021), "Dorothea Lange: Words & Pictures" (2020), and "From Bauhaus to Buenos Aires: Grete Stern and Horacio Coppola" (2015). Her passion for photography began in sixth grade, leading to her studying art history at Princeton University under Peter Bunnell. She is best known for developing MoMA's highly successful online course "Seeing Through Photographs," which has reached over 230,000 learners globally since 2016
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