ART 1130 - Selfies, Posts, and Fading Paper: Our Family Album

Photography is a tool to document our existence. Photos say, “this is me, my body, my family, my home, my experiences. Let me record and remember. Let me share. Here I am.” This is part of what makes up an album–a photographic record of looking, sharing, and remembering–made from close members in our community, our family. This class focuses on the power of the photograph to share the personal. This class engages in reflective writing and creative sharing based on vernacular images and their uses in art and culture.

Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS Pillar: Humanities: Arts
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 2FA
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Students will employ principles, terminologies, and methodologies of contemporary artists who have documented their own personal lives and reflected upon that documentation.
Students will be able to analyze, interpret, and/or evaluate the use of vernacular images in art, texts and films from contemporary artists, writers, creatives, and current writings on selfies, social media, and identity constructions.
Students will be able to assess the impact of photography and social media on their lives.

Ohio University

Ohio University

ART 1130 - Selfies, Posts, and Fading Paper: Our Family Album