This course explores the interdependence and mutual influence of photography and cinema. The course consists of screenings of key films that directly and indirectly influence the look, genre style, and content of historical and contemporary photography. Also entailed in the lecture structure are the analytical contrast of notable photographic images with those films that the photographs reference historically, stylistically, thematically, or through the use of light. This course enables students to think critically about the construction of a image, which is a narrative strategy central to fashion photography, fine art photography, and contemporary forms of photojournalism. Film genres covered in the course include: art films, film noir, documentary, science fiction, independent films, video art, and hybrids of these genres. These films are shown in contrast with photographs that exhibit a corresponding set of qualities.