HAA 271k

Picturing America: Photography, Race, and Citizenship
Sarah Lewis
Monday, 3-5pm
What images have had agency and persuasive efficacy in the contestation of racial inequality and social justice in the United States? This course, open to graduate students as well as undergraduates, examines the way that photography has both solidified and challenged the construction of racial categories and contributed to the work in the long civil rights movement in America. The course will focus have a heavy emphasis on both film photography, closely examining the work of artists including Edward Curtis, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Lewis Hine, Deana Lawson, Charles Moore, Gordon Parks, Bradford Young, Carrie Mae Weems, and Joseph T. Zealy.
Classes will include a trip to the Gordon Parks archive and the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture. The course will also have guest visits from cinematographer Bradford Young and photographer Deana Lawson.