What:
History of Photography, 1900 - Today
Art History 383 Index: 68337
Prerequisites: 01:082:105 & 106 or permission of instructor: Andres Zervigon
MW4, 1:10-2:30
Where:
Zimmerli Multi-Purpose Room
College Avenue Campus
This course provides an in-depth survey of photography’s history from the turn of the last century to today. Our goal will be to tease out trends in the medium’s use across a number of overlapping fields including art, journalism, science, and vernacular practices such as family portraiture. We will pay particular attention to the ways in which photography often operates as a bridge linking these various fields. Why, for example, are photographs of America’s depression-era dustbowl both government documents and works of art? How is the development of digital photography both a new means of disseminating images over the internet and an aesthetic tool? Throughout the course we will propose answers to these questions by carefully analyzing widely recognized photographs and others that have rarely received attention.
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