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21W.749 | Spring 2016 | Undergraduate

# Documentary Photography and Photojournalism: Still Images of a World in Motion

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A young woman in labor with her first child in the maternity unit of St. Terese Hospital, Hinche, Haiti. Hinche is located on Haiti’s Central Plateau, the poorest region of the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, with the highest maternal and infant mortality rates, and mortality rate in children under five. Courtesy of B. D. Colen. Used with permission.

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Maternity unit of St. Terese Hospital, Hinche, Haiti
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A black woman standing behind a simple hospital bed. Her arms are outstretched, her eyes are close, and her mouth is open, as if she is screaming.
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A young woman in labor with her first child in the maternity unit of St. Terese Hospital, Hinche, Haiti. Hinche is located on Haiti’s Central Plateau, the poorest region of the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, with the highest maternal and infant mortality rates, and mortality rate in children under five. (Courtesy of B. D. Colen. Used with permission.)
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Courtesy of B. D. Colen. Used with permission.

## Course Info

##### Instructor

- Prof. B. D. Colen

##### Departments

- Comparative Media Studies/Writing

##### As Taught In

Spring 2016

##### Level

Undergraduate

##### Topics

- Fine Arts
  - Media Studies
    - Digital Media
  - Visual Arts
    - Film and Video
    - Photography
- Humanities
  - Literature
    - Nonfiction Prose

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