Aperture On Sight
Teaching visual literacy through photography
“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” —Dorothea Lange
Welcome to Aperture On Sight!
Aperture On Sight is designed to teach visual literacy through working with photography and creating photobooks. The curriculum combines art, visual and media literacy, and technology lessons. Learn more about how to get started.
A workbook for students to accompany the Aperture On Sight curriculum and encourage open dialogue and reflection.
Curriculum
Lesson 5
Lesson five introduces signs and symbols and how they contribute to meaning in photographic images. Students discuss and interpret different symbols in works by James…
Lesson 6
In the sixth lesson, students discuss how visual metaphors function and begin to look beyond the literal meaning of a picture. Using the work of…
Lesson 7
In the seventh lesson, students are asked to reflect on the concept of truth in photography. Does a photograph always tell the truth? How can…
Lesson 8
The eighth lesson introduces the use of text and the ways in which it can work with photographs. Students learn that text can be used…
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Aperture offers consulting and workshops for schools and educators seeking to engage with Aperture’s twenty-session visual literacy and photography curriculum.
Novice and experienced arts educators become comfortable leading groups of students through interpreting and creating meaningful images with the coaching of an Aperture On Sight visual literacy trainer—a professional photographer and trained arts educator.
Aperture teaching artists, who helped to write, develop, and test the Aperture On Sight curriculum, are available to provide direct educational services to schools, camps, museums or after- school/weekend programs. Our teaching artists are trained to teach the program in a variety of environments as well as work with partners to meet organizations’ needs.
About Aperture
Aperture, a not-for-profit foundation, connects the photo community and its audiences with the most inspiring work, the sharpest ideas, and with each other—in print, in person, and online.
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