Thursdays, May 7 - 28, 2026
6 - 9 PM
Penumbra Foundation
36 East 30th Street, New York, NY 10016
This course examines the relationship between climate change and photography, focusing on how photographers both document environmental change and contribute to it. Over four sessions, students will consider the environmental impact of photographic practices—equipment, materials, print production, travel, digital storage, and exhibition—while analyzing how images shape public understanding of climate issues. Through lectures, readings, case studies, critical discussion, a field trip, an environmentally friendlier printing session, and a project critique, the class encourages more sustainable, ethically informed approaches to visual storytelling in a changing climate.
Open to students of all levels, the course balances theory, critical analysis, and practice, while explicitly addressing environmentally responsible photographic and printing workflows.
$20 materials fee included in tuition
If your desired tuition option is unavailable, please email info@penumbrafoundation.org, and they will do their best to accommodate you. If the entire class is sold out, we can add you to the waitlist.
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