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in the Museum","Vanishing Photographs, AI, and Nonhuman Photography","The Temporality of Photography: From Husserl to Derrida"],"articleTitle":"课程 | 全新“摄影理论”训练营第二季：社会生活中的（艺术）摄影"},{"id":"season-01","label":"Season 01","title":"Season 1: Introduction to Photography Theory","description":"Entering photography theory through the classic works of Barthes and Sontag, building a foundation for looking at and discussing photographs.","tags":["Classic Introductions","Barthes and Sontag"],"count":8,"year":"2024","cover":"/assets/community/shore-beverly-course.webp","tone":"#E6E8EC","category":"series","teacher":"Guosen Chen","lessons":["Introduction: Main Paths and Methods in Photography Studies","Mourning and Remembrance: Roland Barthes's *Camera Lucida*","Has *On Photography* Been Overly Mythologized?","How Do Photographers Who Don't Take Photographs Work?","What Is the \"Truth\" of Documentary Photography?","The Problem of \"Representation\" in the Photographic Practices of Stephen Shore and Allan Sekula","How Should Disaster and War Be Photographed?","Are Digital Photography and Selfies \"False Images\"?"],"articleTitle":"课程 | 摄影理论社群招募，训练营最后一期开营"},{"id":"ai-images","label":"Special course","title":"Special Course: Art and Images After Artificial Intelligence","description":"From the basic principles of artificial intelligence to creativity, image ethics, and world models—forming your own judgments.","tags":["Artificial Intelligence","Image Ethics"],"count":8,"year":"2026","cover":"/assets/ai-images/12.webp","tone":"#DCE8F0","category":"special","teacher":"Guosen Chen","lessons":["From Data to Intelligence: Foundations of Machine Learning and Neural Networks","Pixels and Word Meanings: Vision and Language in Machine Learning","Limits and Fallacies: How Should We Think About AI and Its Creations?","Images and Trust: The Question of Photographic Truth After AI","The Work of Philosophy of Technology: On the Creativity of Artificial Intelligence","The Problem of Judgment: *Kant Machine* and Moral Capacity","World Models: A Vision of Understanding"],"articleTitle":"课程｜我们关于AI与摄影的种种判断，还靠谱吗？"},{"id":"toolbox","label":"Special course","title":"Special Course: A Theory Toolbox for Photographers","description":"Using key terms as threads, an accessible explanation of reading photographs, photographic expression, organizing images, and photography's social relations.","tags":["Key Terms","Accessible Introduction"],"count":"30+","year":"专题","cover":"/assets/toolbox/poster.webp","tone":"#E3EBDD","category":"special","teacher":"Guosen Chen","lessons":["How to Understand Photographs?","How Does Photography Express?","How to Organize Images?","How Does Photography Shape Contemporary Society?"],"articleTitle":"新课｜《给摄影师的理论工具箱》，通俗讲解摄影关键词"},{"id":"philosophy","label":"Special course","title":"Special Course: Philosophy of Photography","description":"Through Kant, Heidegger, Benjamin, and Rancière, inquiring into the nature of photography and its aesthetics and 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