Photo History – Class 15 Spring 11 – Photograph as Document, Concept as Photograph

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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 Spring 11 – Photograph as Document, Concept as Photograph 1:39:50
We bring the summer school sessions to a close with a rememberance of the 100th birthday of the great photojournalist Henri Cartier-Bresson. Henri Cartier-Bresson, “Hyères, France, 1932″ Photo History Summer School – August 22 0:04:46
On this date in 1926, National Geographic Magazine published color underwater photographs; a photographic first. This wasn’t the first attempt at underwater photography, however; photographers had been taking pictures below the waves since 1856. svgallery=underwater Links: Wayne Levin Photography National Geographic Underwater Photo History Photo History Summer School – July 16 0:04:36
Alexander Gardner photographed the hanging of the Lincoln Conspirators on July 7, 1865. This image and a pair of Gardner’s portraits of two of the men who are about to be executed are the subjects of this Photo History Summer School session. Click on images for larger views: Above Left: Alexander Gardner – The “cracked [...] Photo History Summer School – July 7 0:00:01
Powerful and horrific photographs of the effects of the Battle of Gettysburg by Timothy O’Sullivan and Alexander Gardner are the subject of today’s Photo History Summer School. Click Images for a larger view Above: Timothy O’Sullivan – A Harvest of Death – July, 1863 Above: Alexander Gardner – The Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, July, [...] Photo History Summer School – July 5 0:06:06
In this summer school session, we explore two remarkable photographers; the Vietnamese photojournalist Nick Ut whose best-known image was created on this date and the Chinese pictorial master Don Hong-Oai, who died on this date in 2004. svgallery=ut_hong-oai Links for this session: Nick Ut at DigitalJournalist.com Kim Foundation International Don Hong-Oai at PhotoEye Chin-san Long [...] Photo History Summer School – June 8 0:00:01
Today’s summer school session is all about color. On this date in 1904, The Parisian brothers Louis and Auguste Lumière presented their patented color photographic process, the Autochrome, to the French Academy of Sciences. The Autochrome was the first commercially feasible color photographic process; the first time photographers could reliably produce color images. This is [...] Photo History Summer School – May 30 0:00:01
In today’s May 25th edition of Photo History Summer School, we note the birth dates of the avant garde Cech photographer Jaroslav Rossler and the oddly surrealistic American photographer Ralph Eugene Meatyard as well as the anniversary of the death of the preeminant war photographer Robert Capa. Some images by Rossler, Meatyard and Capa: svgallery=meatyardrosslercapa Photo History Summer School – May 25 0:06:09
Cornell Capa, the photojournalist and tireless advocate of humanistic photography died today, May 23, 2008. He was 90 years old. A great and committed photographer, Capa’s heartfelt images were often overshadowed by two other elements in his life. One was the photography of his brother, the pre-eminent war photographer Robert Capa. The other was the [...] Photo History Summer School – May 23 0:04:46
It’s summer, but photo history doesn’t rest… May 13th is the anniversary of the birth of Czech photography Jan Saudek (1935, Prague) and also the anniversary of the death (1980) of German photographer Otto Umbehr, known as Umbo. This “summer school” podcast briefly presents their work. Some images by Jan Saudek & Umbo svgallery=saudek_umbo Websites [...] Photo History Summer School – May 13 0:05:29
From the very beginning of the medium, photographers have wanted to portray their sense of wonder and awe in the face of the natural world through the camera’s lens, often offering up nature as the Great American Cathedral. This romantic tradition continues, but the mid-20th century saw a change in the way photographers looked at [...] The Camera in The Cathedral: A Brief History of Photography of the Natural World 0:56:27
The cyanotype was one of the earliest photographic processes and with its rich, blue color, remains one of the most beautiful. Invented in 1842 by the amazingly prolific Sir John Herschel, the easy-to-produce cyanotype lives on today in the darkrooms of many photographers and artists. Links for this episode: Sir John Herschel – at the … Continue reading History of Photography Podcast 11 : The Cyanotype → History of Photography Podcast 11 : The Cyanotype
The Kodak Brownie camera was one of the most popular cameras in the history of photography. The Brownie popularized low-cost photography and introduced the concept of the snapshot to a public eager to preserve their personal and family memories. With its simple controls and initial price of $1, it was intended to be a camera … Continue reading History of Photography Podcast 10 : The Kodak Brownie → History of Photography Podcast 10 : The Kodak Brownie
When light sensitive material is exposed to light, a chemical change happens, but this change isn’t necessarily visible. This idea is perhaps part of why early photographers – and early viewers of photographic images – had a hard time with the concept of the latent image, yet it was one of the most important components … Continue reading History of Photography Podcast 9 : Latent Image and Immediate Image → History of Photography Podcast 9 : Latent Image and Immediate Image
The photographs of pioneer color photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky (1863–1944) give us a remarkable view into a world that is now lost – the Russian Empire just before the Russian Revolution and World War I. In this podcast we explore both Prokudin-Gorsky’s photographs and the unique tri-color photographic technique he employed to create them. Links … Continue reading History of Photography Podcast 8 : Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky → History of Photography Podcast 8 : Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky

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