Coursera platform offers, in cooperation with The Museum of Modern Art, a free online course: Seeing Through Photographs. In this course you will look closely at 100 photographs from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, going behind the scenes of the Museum and into artist studios through original films and audio interviews.
About The Seeing Through Photographs Course
Taking, sharing, and viewing photographs has become second nature for many of us. Given our near-constant engagement with images this course will help you dig into the meaning of pictures and reconsider photography’s role in our visual culture.
This course aims to address the gap between seeing and truly understanding photographs by introducing a diversity of ideas, approaches, and technologies that inform their making.
You will hear a variety of perspectives on the ways photography has been used throughout its 180-year history: as a means of artistic expression, a tool for science and exploration, an instrument of documentation, a way to tell stories and record histories, and a mode of communication and critique.
Short texts and readings from MoMA publications provide enhanced context for the works in the course. By enrolling in this course, you’ll join a community of international learners in discussion forums, receive invitations to live and virtual events from our lead instructor Sarah Meister, and gain exclusive access to MoMA resources.
| The course is designed for | Beginner level. |
| Offered by | Coursera platform in cooperation with The Museum of Modern Art. |
| Course duration | 17 hours. |
| Price | Free of charge. |
| Certificate upon Completion | Available with the paid version. |
| Course language | English (Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Serbian, Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish). |
| Already enrolled | 385,429 students. |
| Course Rating | 4,8/5. |
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- Understand artists’ processes and the choices that inform a photograph’s making, including experimentation and responses to technological innovation.
- Learn how context influences the production, circulation, and reception of photographic images.
- Understand the relationship between a photograph’s subject and meaning, and the differences between photographs as objects and photographic images.
- Gain confidence in looking at and talking about photography, and find inspiration from photographs all around you.
Course Syllabus
What you will learn from this course:
- Introduction to Seeing Through Photographs.
- One Subject, Many Perspectives.
- Documents and the Documentary.
- One and Another.
How to enroll in Seeing Through Photographs course for free
Check the course official website and click on “Enroll For Free”. A “7-day Free Trial” box will pop up to you. Here you have two options, you can either join the paid version of the course by clicking on “Start free trial”, or you can view all course lessons for free by clicking on “Audit this course”.
After clicking on “Audit this course”, you can choose “Full Course, No Certificate” and then click on “Continue” to start your course for free!
If you are unable to pay and want a certificate, you can apply to Coursera for Financial aid.
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