In this course, we will explore the city where you live - looking at architectural styles & neighbourhoods filled with either cultural diversity or perhaps a strong historical element that has shaped where you live. Using film or digital cameras, students will create a body of work featuring these significant places, returning to the same spot each week to further their investigation into what makes a place unique, both during the day and at night. We will engage the architectural visual composition of the city—structures, people, vehicles, light, and all of the clutter of the chaotic street scene—into well-thought-out and organized photographs, while always allowing for the unexpected surprise.

Technical aspects of architectural photography will be thoroughly explained and practiced. Weekly assignments will be discussed in a group setting. Field trips will be part of the exploration along with presentations in our digital lab on historic and contemporary architectural photographers with a myriad of styles such as Berenice Abbott, Walker Evans, Vivian Maier, Fred Herzog, Lee Freidlander and Saul Leiter.

Note: Basic computer fluency is required.

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