Performance and Photography

What does it mean to photograph yourself? Is it an act of self-exploration, narcissism, self-love, representational justice? What are the possibilities and limitations of making art in this way? What can our bodies teach us if we pay attention? Through making self-portraits students will reflect on how it is to be in their particular body. Each class will have guided warm-ups which foreground embodiment and play, out of which students will generate material for their photographic explorations. We will learn the basics of camera operation and consider how things like framing, angle of view, and distance influence meaning.