{"id":27036,"date":"2025-10-07T19:04:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T19:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/?page_id=27036"},"modified":"2026-02-24T19:50:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:50:20","slug":"a-thousand-words-the-photograph-digital-image","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/first-year\/discovery-core\/winter-dcx\/a-thousand-words-the-photograph-digital-image","title":{"rendered":"A Thousand Words: The Photograph &amp; Digital Image"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 15%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">a Discovery Core Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BCORE 117 (Arts &amp; Humanities)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/AH-with-purple.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25068 size-full\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About This Course <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Contemporary photography draws inspiration from many different mediums of art. 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