Seeing Through Photographs
Completed by Verónica Hoyos Giraldo
April 10, 2026
11 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
Understand the relationship between a photograph’s subject and meaning, and the differences between photographs as objects and images.
Understand artists’ processes and the choices that inform a photograph’s making, including experimentation and responses to technological innovation.
Gain confidence in looking at and talking about photography, and find inspiration from photographs all around you.
Learn to decode the cultural narratives and technical choices behind images, and enhance your own storytelling and critical thinking skills.
Skills you will gain
- Category: Photo/Video Production and Technology
- Category: Journalism
- Category: Storytelling
- Category: Visual Storytelling
- Category: Liberal Arts
- Category: Cultural Responsiveness
- Category: Media and Communications
- Category: Aesthetics
- Category: Public History
