Photography

• Description: A survey of the historical and practical aspects of photography as an art form and social document. Students will be introduced to the use of light, composition and communication through images. Significant photographers from a diversity of backgrounds will inspire students in the practice of photography and developing an understanding of the varied uses of the photographic image in our culture, including advertising, journalism, social concern, fine art, and scientific applications.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours:3 hours lecture per week, 3 hours lab per week. (72 hours total per quarter.)
• Foothill GE Area:Humanities
• Transferability: CSU and UC
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

Department Note:

TO CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR VIA EMAIL: lastnamefirstname@foothill.edu

For more information about the Photography Program, contact: Kate Jordahl at jordahlkate@foothill.edu. The website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/photo

• Description: Examination of photography's role in shaping ideas about race, class, gender, sexuality and national identity in America. Critical analysis of images from a wide range of genres, including commercial photography, portraiture, social documentary, photojournalism, ethnographic and scientific photography, erotica, and fine-art photography, discussed within their historical and social context.
• Advisory: Not open to students with credit in PHOT 8H.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours:3 hours lecture per week, 3 hours lab per week. (72 hours total per quarter.)
• Foothill GE Area:American Cultures & Communities, and Humanities
• Transferability: CSU and UC
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

Department Note:

TO CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR VIA EMAIL: lastnamefirstname@foothill.edu

For more information about the Photography Program, contact: Kate Jordahl at jordahlkate@foothill.edu. The website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/photo

• Description: Examination of photography's role in shaping ideas about race, class, gender, sexuality and national identity in America. Critical analysis of images from a wide range of genres, including commercial photography, portraiture, social documentary, photojournalism, ethnographic and scientific photography, erotica, and fine-art photography, discussed within their historical and social context. The honors course offers an enriched and challenging experience for the more talented student, including deeper content, more rigorous grading, and more demanding and creative assignments requiring application of higher-level thinking, writing, and communication skills.
• Advisory: Not open to students with credit in PHOT 8.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours:3 hours lecture per week, 3 hours lab per week. (72 hours total per quarter.)
• Foothill GE Area:American Cultures & Communities, and Humanities
• Transferability: CSU and UC
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

Department Note:

TO CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR VIA EMAIL: lastnamefirstname@foothill.edu

For more information about the Photography Program, contact: Kate Jordahl at jordahlkate@foothill.edu. The website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/photo