“Landscape” can mean different things, depending on where and who you are: one might first think of a natural environment, but it could just as likely be an urban, suburban, exurban, or rural space. In this class you’ll consider new ways of looking at and understanding your environment through photography, and possibly incorporating collage and the moving image. Through theme-based discussion and examining the work of a variety of artists, together we’ll explore the historical, social, and political context of landscape photography and its contemporary practice. Weekly assignments will be based on nature/human interaction, forces effecting the landscape, the body in landscape, and historical meanings of a site, and will lead you into developing your own geography-based project. This class will give you a deeper understanding and connection to your surrounding environment through the lens-based work you create.