Photo History – Class 6 Spring 11 – Photography and Painting

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The interactive relationship that painting and photography have had for 170 years is the topic of this class session. We attempt to look at how painting influenced photography and vice-versa. We also look briefly at how what photographs “look like” influence our understanding of what they are. Slides from this class session Handout from this [...] Photo History – Class 6 Spring 11 – Photography and Painting 1:51:04
Photography as a form of transportation is the topic for class #5. We look at how the advent of wet-plate collodion technology spurred the advance of travel and landscape photography, with a special emphasis on photography of the American west. There is also a brief exploration of 20th century photographers who went “on the road.” [...] Photo History – Class 5 Spring 11 – Photography as Transport + On The Road 1:35:35
The 4th class meeting starts a more conceptual approach to the medium’s history. We look at 19th, 20th and some 21st century portraits and see if we can draw some conclusions about what makes a good portrait photograph. We also see if we can draw some parallels with the words and ideas of the Transcendentalist [...] Photo History – Class 4 Spring 11 – Light & Likeness: Portrait Photography 1:55:48
Due to the blizzard in the Chicago area this week, classes were canceled at College of DuPage. So, this week, we present a previous class session podcast in place of the canceled class session. In this second part of a two-part survey, we continue our fast trip through the history of photography, attempting to get [...] Photo History – Class 3 Spring 11 – History Survey Part 2 0:00:01
Due to technical difficulties, this podcast is a re-post of the Fall, 2008 class session. Class session #2 is the first part of a two-part overview of the history of photography; a sort of “condensed” history in order to get a sense of the medium’s “who, what, when and where.” This week, we cover from [...] Photo History – Class 2 Spring 11 – History Survey Part 1 0:00:01
In this first class meeting for the spring, 2011 semester, we spend the first 90 minutes or so going over class mechanics & course technology enhancements, including explanation of this podcast and other internet resources. The last hour is spent looking at some of the problems that the photo historian faces, including an introduction to [...] Photo History – Class 1 Spring 2011 – Course Intro & Overview 2:25:53
The 15th and final class session for the fall 2010 term examines documentary and conceptual photography, looking at the motivation and rationale behind them. We also try to tie up the ideas of the course with some concluding remarks. Slides for this class session Handouts for this class session Photo History – Class 15 Fall 10 – Photograph as Document, Concept as Photograph 1:45:41
The middle of the 20th century was a time of tremendous change in all areas of the world and especially in the world of photography. This class session looks at the changes that photography experienced during the atomic age through an examination of the cultural, political and artistic climate of the time. Due to a [...] Photo History – Class 14 Fall 10 – The Atomic Age and New Frontiers 0:00:01
During his 29-year tenure as Director of the photography department at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the great curator and photographer John Szarkowski (1925 to 2007) changed the way the world saw photography. This short class session introduces Szarkowski’s work and was followed by a short film about him. Slides for this [...] Photo History – Class 13 Fall 10 – Szarkowski: How To See 0:33:35
Is any photograph real? This question comes up as we trace the trajectory of the manipulated image in this session entitled, “The Past is Prologue – The Manipulative Impulse and the Digital Age.” We also try to see if we can figure out where our digital photographic age is taking us and whether we want [...] Photo History – Class 12 Fall 10 – The Manipulative Impulse 1:40:10
Is anatomy destiny? This class session looks at women’s photography by examining the work of various female photographers as well as by looking at the bigger issue of whether the photographer’s gender changes the images that are made. Slides for this class session Handout for this class session Photo History – Class 11 Fall 10 – Women in Photography 1:45:29
This week, we examine photographers using large cameras and those using small cameras and try to examine the importance of the choice of tools to the photographer. Does the tool drive the idea, or the idea drive the tool? Slides for this class session Handout for this class session Photo History – Class 10 Fall 10 – Cameras Big and Small 1:24:25
Stop-motion photography as practiced by Edweard Muybridge and Etienne-Jules Marey and others is the topic of class session number eight. These scientific experiments ultimately led to the development of motion pictures by Edison. Slides for this class session Handout for this class session Library Resource – Connections video Photo History – Class 9 Fall 10 – Muybridge, Marey & the Movies 0:50:18
One of the great characters in the history of the medium, Alfred Stieglitz was also one of the most influential photographers and promoters of photography of the 20th century. In this class, we look at Stieglitz and the group of photographers and other artists he gathered around him. We also try to examine why what [...] Photo History – Class 8 Fall 10 – Stieglitz and the Photo Secession 1:32:31
A slightly shorter class session, as we cover two smaller topics: 1) the ideas surrounding stereoscopic photography, 2) the way 19th century photographers handled photographing standard subjects; once you take away subject, what other choices do photographers have to make? and 3) The Rephotographic Survey and its relevance to photography’s history. Slides for this class [...] Photo History – Class 7 Fall 10 – Stereography, Standard Subjects & Rephotography 1:20:07

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