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Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry

Prof. Anne Whiston Spirn · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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About

This course explores photography as a disciplined way of seeing or investigating urban landscapes, and expressing ideas. Readings, observations, and photographs form the basis of discussions on light, detail, place, poetics, narrative, and how photography can inform design and planning.

The current version of the class website for the course can be found here: Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry.

Lectures

Lecture Videos

  1. Lecture 1: Alex MacLean, March 6, 2006 YouTube
  2. Lecture 2: Camilo Jose Vergara, March 13, 2006 YouTube
  3. Lecture 3: Lewis Watts, March 20, 2006 YouTube
  4. Lecture 4: Wendy Ewald, April 3, 2006 YouTube
  5. Lecture 5: Steven Moga, Will Steacy, and Lawrence Vale, April 10, 2006 YouTube
  6. Lecture 6: Martin Krieger, April 24, 2006 YouTube
  7. Lecture 7: Leslie Tuttle, May 1, 2006 YouTube
  8. Lecture 8: Anne Whiston Spirn, May 8, 2006 YouTube

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department
Urban Studies and Planning; Architecture
Teacher
Prof. Anne Whiston Spirn
Term
Fall 2012
Level
Graduate
Language
English
Subjects
Earth and environment, Society and politics, Art, architecture and design
Source
MIT OpenCourseWare
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as MIT OpenCourseWare states it. Non-commercial use only. MIT OpenCourseWare's terms
Attribution
Prof. Anne Whiston Spirn. Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry. Fall 2012. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu/. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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