NWRW
3913

Writing the Photobook: Intention, Continuity, Perfection

Schools of Public Engagement: Creative Writing

Liberal Arts
Undergraduate Course
Degree Students
Writing the Photobook
Spring 2025
Taught By: Robert Dunn
Section: A

CRN: 2792

Credits: 3

In the last decade the world of photobooks—books comprised of a series of photos, analogous to a short story collection, a chapbook of poems—has bloomed. When you get a photo just right, magic comes: from light, color, composition, all the ways that photos can reveal hidden truths. Then what? Just as you can write a novel, you can “write” a photobook, putting strong images in the most telling order, then laying them out to artful effect. This course helps students understand photobooks, and go on to shape and refine their own. Which photos? Each student’s choice. How should the photos be taken? Through your iPhone, your Leica, your funky Holga throwaway ... any way you wish. Class time will be divided between studying the history of the serious photobook and making our own books. Written requirements: An ongoing prospectus on your book, refined as your work changes, plus an essay on a classic photobook of your choice. General requirements: Passion, curiosity, and enough photos (and more) to make the best possible photobook.

College: Schools of Public Engagement (NS)

Department: Creative Writing (CRW)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Seminar (R)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 18

Repeat Limit: 1

Add/Drop Deadline: February 3, 2025 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: April 15, 2025 (Tuesday)

Seats Available: No

Status: Waitlist*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 11:58am EST 12/2/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Thursday
Times: 1:55pm - 3:45pm
Building: Academic Entrance 63 Fifth Ave
Room: L101
Date Range: 1/20/2025 - 5/14/2025
Writing the Photobook
Fall 2024
Taught By: Robert Dunn
Section: A

CRN: 7251

Credits: 3

In the last decade the world of photobooks—books comprised of a series of photos, analogous to a short story collection, a chapbook of poems—has bloomed. When you get a photo just right, magic comes: from light, color, composition, all the ways that photos can reveal hidden truths. Then what? Just as you can write a novel, you can “write” a photobook, putting strong images in the most telling order, then laying them out to artful effect. This course helps students understand photobooks, and go on to shape and refine their own. Which photos? Each student’s choice. How should the photos be taken? Through your iPhone, your Leica, your funky Holga throwaway ... any way you wish. Class time will be divided between studying the history of the serious photobook and making our own books. Written requirements: An ongoing prospectus on your book, refined as your work changes, plus an essay on a classic photobook of your choice. General requirements: Passion, curiosity, and enough photos (and more) to make the best possible photobook.

College: Schools of Public Engagement (NS)

Department: Creative Writing (CRW)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Seminar (R)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 18

Repeat Limit: 1

Add/Drop Deadline: September 9, 2024 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: November 17, 2024 (Sunday)

Seats Available: No

Status: Closed*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 11:58am EST 12/2/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Thursday
Times: 4:00pm - 5:50pm
Building: Johnson/Kaplan 66 West 12th
Room: 501
Date Range: 8/29/2024 - 12/15/2024