History of Photography - Fall 2015
Dr. Leslie Parr CMMN A465-001, M W 3:30-4:45 CMMN 305 [email protected] Office: CMMN 306, ext. 3649 Office hours: T TH 10-11; M W 1:30-3:30; and by appt.
Course Description and Objectives:
This history of photography course covers the period from the invention of photography in 1839 to the present. We will study photographs from the daguerreotype to the computer-based image and analyze them from aesthetic and historical perspectives.
Expected Student Learning Outcomes: In accordance with ACEJMC accreditation values and competencies, upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
-- demonstrate an understanding of the history and role of professionals and institutions in shaping communications
-- demonstrate an understanding of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and, as appropriate, other forms of diversity in domestic society in relation to mass communication
--understand concepts and apply theories in the use and presentation of images and information an understanding
-- think critically, creatively and independently
-- conduct research and evaluate information by methods appropriate to the communications professions in which they work
--write correctly and clearly in forms and styles appropriate for the communications professions, audiences and purposes they serve
-- critically evaluate their own work and that of others for accuracy and fairness, clarity, appropriate style and grammatical correctness
Texts: Naomi Rosenblum, A World History of Photography. (New York, Abbeville Press, 4th ed., 2007), ISBN: 978-0789209375, Loyola Bookstore: new $45.00, used $33.75, rent used $11.25
Russell Miller, Magnum: Fifty Years at the Front Line of History. (New York: Grove Press, 1997). ISBN: 978-0-8021-3653-4, new $16.00, used $12.00 Linda Gordon, Dorothea Lange: A Life Without Limits. (New York: W.W. Norton, 2009), ISBN: 978-0-393-33905-5, new $24.95, used $18.75, rent $8.73
Assignments:
Oral presentation: You will present a 10-minute PowerPoint talk on a major photographer and submit a written outline and a complete bibliography of all sources consulted on the day of the presentation. You cannot read your report. You are expected to have thoroughly mastered the material you are presenting to the class and deliver the information in an engaging and professional manner. We’ll talk more about this in class.
Tests and quizzes: Both the midterm and the final will be essay-format exams. You must take the tests on the assigned date. I will not give make-ups, barring exceptional circumstances. I will also give announced and unannounced quizzes on the readings. No make-ups on quizzes.
You will also take tests on two books: Dorothea Lange: A Life Without Limits and Magnum: Fifty Years at the Front Line of History.
Paper: You will write a brief review of a gallery exhibition.
Attendance policy: You are expected to attend all classes. I will excuse two absences. After that, I will deduct one point from your final grade for each class missed. Any student who misses 15% of all classes may receive an F.
Classroom decorum: Students are expected to come to class on time. Cell phones and laptop computers should be put away during class. Do not bring food to class. Please do not leave the room until the class is over.
Integrity of Scholarship: You must do all of your own research and writing. Read about the honor code in the online Loyola Undergraduate Bulletin: http://2015bulletin.loyno.edu/academic-honor-code A violation will result in a failing grade for the course.
Blackboard: The Blackboard system can be accessed online, http://loyno.blackboard.com. In the event of an evacuation, you will be required to check the system for announcements and will be responsible for all assignments posted therein.
E-Mail: You should check your LoyMail account daily for possible assignment and class updates.
Disability Services: If you have a disability that qualifies for accommodations, you should contact Academic Resource Center, at 865-2990, Room 112, Marquette Hall. If you need test accommodations (e.g. extended time), you need to let me know well in advance of a scheduled test and give me an official Accommodation Form.
Grading: Midterm - 20% Book tests - 20% ea. Oral report -10% Final - 20% Quizzes, class participation - 5% Gallery paper - 5%
Grade Scale: A 95-100, A- 90-94 (for exceptional work); B+ 88-89, B 85-87, B- 80- 84 (for good work); C+78-79, C 74-77, C- 70-73 (for average work); D+ 68-69, D 64- 67-69, D- 60-63 (for less than average work); F = below 60 (for inadequate work)
Course Outline: August 24: Introduction
1. The Beginnings
Photographers: Niepce, Daguerre, Bayard, Talbot, Lion
Aug. 26: Rosenblum, Chapter 1: The Early Years: Technology, Vision, Users, 1839- 1875
Early Photography: Making Daguerreotypes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0Ambe4FwQk
Aug. 29: SMC Day of Service
2. The Photographic Portrait
Photographers: Brady, Southworth, Hawes, Hill, Adamson, Cameron, Nadar, Sarony
Aug. 31: Rosenblum: Chapter 2: A Plentitude of Portraits, 1839-1890
Southworth and Hawes: http://www.photographymuseum.com/showSH.html
Hill and Adamson: http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=1293
Sept. 2: Julia Margaret Cameron: http://nationalmediamuseumblog.wordpress.com/2013/12/19/digitisation- project-julia- margaret-cameron/
Photographer choices due
3. Documentary Beginnings
Photographers: Le Gray, Jackson, O’Sullivan, Curtis, Fenton, Brady, Gardner Sept. 9: Rosenblum, Chapter 3: Documentation: Landscape and Architecture, 1839- 1890
Gustave Le Gray: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/gray/hd_gray.htm
William Henry Jackson: http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=1889
Oral report: Roger Fenton
Sept. 14: Rosenblum, Chapter 4: Documentation: Objects and Events, 1839-1890
Civil War: Mathew Brady Photo Gallery http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady
"Making a photograph during the Brady era" http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brady/animate/photitle.html
Oral Reports: Edward S. Curtis, Adam Clark Vroman
4. Art and Photography in the Nineteenth Century
Photographers: Rejlander, Robinson, Hawardin, Emerson, Carroll
Sept. 16 : Rosenblum, Chapter 5: Photography and Art: The First Phase, 1839-1890
Lady Clementina Hawarden: http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/l/lady-clementina-hawarden/
Oral report: Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson):
5. Instantaneous Photographs
Photographers: Muybridge, Lartigue, Atget, Bellocq, Van Der Zee, Genthe
Sept. 21: Rosenblum: Chapter 6: New Technology, New Vision, New Users, 1875- 1925
E. J. Bellocq: http://www.atgetphotography.com/The-Photographers/Bellocq.html
Arnold Genthe: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/agc/background.html
Oral report: James Van Der Zee Sept. 23: Jacques Henri Lartigue: http://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/jacques- henrilartigue
Eugene Atget: http://www.moma.org/collection/artists/229?locale=en
6. Art Photography
Photographers: Stieglitz, Steichen, White, Kasebier
Sept. 28: Rosenblum: Chapter 7: Art Photography: Another Aspect, 1890-1920
Alfred Stieglitz: http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=5664
Edward Steichen: http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=5623
Oral reports: Gertrude Kasebier
Sept. 30: Midterm exam
7. Photography and Social Reform
Photographers: Riis, Hine, Lange, Evans, Parks, Post Wolcott
Oct. 5: Rosenblum, Chapter 8: Documentation: The Social Scene to 1945
Jacob Riis: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/02/27/nyregion/20080227_RIIS_SLID ESHOW _index.html
Oct. 7: Lewis Hine: http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/
Oct. 14: Farm Security Administration: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fadocamer.html http://www.iub.edu/~iuam/online_modules/fsa/fsa.html
Oral reports: Gordon Parks, Russell Lee
Oct. 19: Gallery Day
Oct. 21: Dorothea Lange test
8. Photography in the Modern Era
Photographers: Man Ray, Moholy-Nagy, Laughlin, Strand, Weston, Cunningham, Rodchenko, Adams Oct. 26: Rosenblum, Chapter 9: Art, Photography, and Modernism, 1920-1945
Man Ray: http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=3716
Moholy-Nagy: http://www.atgetphotography.com/The-Photographers/Laszlo-Moholy-Nagy.html
Oral report: Alexander Rodchenko
Oct. 28: American Modernists
Edward Weston: http://www.edward-weston.com/edward_weston_original_prints.htm
Paul Strand: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pstd/hd_pstd.htm
Imogen Cunningham: http://lumieregallery.net/wp/247/imogen-cunningham/
Oral reports: Clarence John Laughlin, Ansel Adams
Photographers: Salomon, Bourke-White, Capa, Smith, Kertesz, Cartier-Bresson, Eisenstaedt, Weegee, Brassai, Vishniac
Nov. 2: Rosenblum, Chapter 10: Words and Pictures: Photographs in Print Media, 1920-1980
Henri Cartier-Bresson: http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERI D=24KL53ZMYN
Brassai: http://www.atgetphotography.com/The-Photographers/BRASSAI.html
Oral report: Andre Kertesz
Nov. 4: Margaret Bourke-White: http://life.time.com/photographers/margaret- bourke-white-a-legendary-photographerslegacy/ - 1 http://life.time.com/history/buchenwald-photos-from-the-liberation-of-the-camp- april- 1945/ - 1 http://life.time.com/history/gandhi-and-his-spinning-wheel-story-behind-famous- photo/ - 1 Robert Capa: Finding a Fearless Photographer: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/finding-a-fearless-photographers- voice/
Oral report: Roman Vishniac
Nov. 9: W. Eugene Smith: http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERI D=24KL5347YF
Alfred Eisenstaedt: "Unforgettable Eisenstaedt: 22 Amazing Photos by a Master" http://time.com/3491299/unforgettable-eisenstaedt-22-amazing-photos-by-a- master/
Oral report: Weegee
10. Modern Photography
Photographers: Frank, Arbus, Mark, Davidson, Salgado, Iturbide, Mann, Moore, Sherman, DeCarava, Leibovitz, Weems, Griffiths, Leroy, Avedon, Model, Lyon, Koudelka
Nov. 11: Rosenblum: Chapter 11: Photography Since 1950: The Straight Image
Robert Frank: 'Americans': The Book That Changed Photography http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100688154
Bruce Davidson: http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERI D=24KL53ZTH6
Oral report: Danny Lyon
Nov. 16: Diane Arbus: http://diane-arbus-photography.com/
Mary Ellen Mark: http://www.maryellenmark.com/gallery/gallery.html
Oral report: Lisette Model
Nov. 18: Civil Rights Photography
"10 Essential Civil Rights Movement Photographers" http://flavorwire.com/249320/10-essential-civil-rights-movement- photographers/10
Charles Moore: http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/moore/aboutCharlesMoore.sht ml
Oral report: Roy DeCarava
Nov. 23: Vietnam photographs
Liam Kennedy, “Photojournalism and the Vietnam War” http://www.ucd.ie/photoconflict/histories/vietnamwarphotojournalism/
Philip Jones Griffiths: http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm & ERID=24KL535HON
Oral report: Catherine Leroy
Nov. 30: Magnum test
Dec. 2: Rosenblum, Ch 11: Photography Since 1950: The Straight Image
Richard Avedon: http://www.avedonfoundation.org
Sally Mann: http://sallymann.com/selected-works/at-twelve
Oral report: Annie Leibovitz
Dec. 7: Graciela Iturbide: http://www.gracielaiturbide.org/en/
Sebastiao Salgado: http://www.amazonasimages.com
Oral report: Carrie Mae Weems
Dec. 9: Review
Gallery paper due
Oral Reports: Cindy Sherman, Josef Koudelka
Dec. 16: Final exam, 2-4