Photography grew up with the Modern city, and their histories are deeply entwined. A wide variety of photographic techniques and practices have contributed to our sense of cities, creating a powerful but unstable urban visual culture. In this course, students examine this urban visual culture produced through and constellating around the photographic lens. We consider a range of technologies, from early camera obscura and dry plate photographs, to post cards and 35mm film, to digital sensors and orbital satellite imagery. We also examine the varied practices of urban representation, including documentary photography, the photography of social reform movements, street photography, fine art photography, and Google Street View. Students learn critical vocabulary and approaches to the study of urban photography, and work on two projects through the course: first, developing a thematic collection of photographs made by other people; and second, building a portfolio of their own images.