VIS380.1 Photographic Storytelling Workshop

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica; may not be offered every semester.   This course promotes photographic language learning through the development and construction of documentary stories with different themes. Upon completing the course successfully, you will be able to

  • Describe and analyze the principal milestones of photography and photography storytelling throughout history
  • Understand and evaluate the main current trends and tendencies of photographic storytelling
  • Describe the principles of photographic storytelling
  • Analyze and apply the principles of photographic editing and integration of text and image
  • Demonstrate your understanding of these principles through creation of your own work

You’ll learn through a combination of lectures with audiovisual support, site visits to exhibits of photographic storytelling, practical fieldwork, and photo software workshops. In class, we’ll cover the following topics:

  • Photography storytelling definitions
  • Photojournalism genres: illustration, storytelling, documentary, photo essays
  • Photographic testimony
  • Objectivity and subjectivity of the photographic record
  • A brief history of photographic storytelling in Chile and around the world
  • Influential practitioners of photojournalism
  • Current characteristics and trends of international photojournalism.

Department: Visual Communications

Location: Santiago

Credits: 3