University of Wisconsin–Madison

Life Sciences Communication 450: Documentary Photography for the Sciences

This course trains students in visual storytelling and how to think photographically for communicating science, health, and the environment. You will study the contributions of social documentary photography while assignments create a portfolio of documentary photography, and final projects create compelling still- image stories.

Photography Portfolios

Blurred image of street light up at night

Motion & Patterns

Pink leaves with squirrel underneath

Science Photography

Orange hued sky with buildings silhouetted in background

Colors of the Sky

Group of people gathered at top of State Street

Photography Portfolio

Woman running on road in winter

Photography Portfolio

Water ripples

Photography Portfolio