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You should become aware of the different aspects of the aesthetics of photography, of stylistic trends, and of the different technical approaches possible. An understanding of the historical implications as well as the current photographic context is a necessary prerequisite to knowledgeable evaluation and a disciplined criticism. A list of photographers important to the medium and a bibliography of both technical and aesthetic source material follows:

Photographers:

This is far from a complete list; many other photographers will be covered in lectures. You should acquaint yourself with the work of the following:

Ansel Adams Hannah Hoch John Pfahl

Diane Arbus William Henry Jackson Man Ray

Richard Avedon Francis Benjamin Johnson Oscar Rejlander

Eugene Atget Gertrude Kasebier Henry Peach Robinson

Anna Atkins Barbara Kasten Martha Rosler

Margaret Bourke-White Andre Kertesz Thomas Ruff

Matthew Brady Barbara Kruger Sebastiao Salgado

Brassai David LaChapelle August Sander

Harry Callahan Dorothea Lange Cindy Sherman

Julia Margaret Cameron Henri Jacques Lartigue Stephen Shore

Henri Cartier-Bresson Danny Lyon Lorna Simpson

Imogen Cunningham Manual W. Eugene Smith

Daguerre Mary Ellen Mark Frederick Sommer

Judy Dater Pedro Meyer Edward Stiechen

Bruce Davidson Duane Michaels Alfred Stieglitz

William Eggleston Richard Misrach Paul Strand

Walker Evans Laszlo Moholy-Nagy Thomas Struth

Harold Edgerton Mariko Mori Sugimoto

Robert Frank Yasusama Morimura Henry Fox Talbot

Lee Friedlander Vik Muniz Jerry Uelsmann

Ralph Gibson Eadweard Muybridge Jeff Wall

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Alex Webb Nan Goldin James Natchwey Carrie Mae Weems Emmet Gowin Bea Nettles Edward Weston Jan Groover Nicephore Niepce Clarence White John Heartfield Timothy O'Sullivan Minor White Lewis Hine Olivia Parker Gary Winogrand

A list of books and periodicals that will be helpful:

Periodicals, Quarterlies, Annuals

Aperture Afterimage Art in America Artforum Exposure Art Papers History of Photography Blind Spot Doubletake Photography Quarterly Leonardo Shutterbug

Books:

The History of Photography Beaumont Newhall A World History of Photography Naomi Rosenblum A Concise History of Photography Helmut & Alison Gernsheim Photography and Art: Interactions Since 1946 Andy Grundberg and Kathleen McCarthy Gauss The Painter and the Photograph Van Deren Coke One Hundred Years of Photographic History edited by Van Deren Coke American Photography Jonathan Green Photographers on Photography Nathan Lyons Looking at Photographs John Szarkowski The Photographer's Eye John Szarkowski Mirrors and Windows John Szarkowski Daybooks of Edward Weston edited by Nancy Newhall Black Photographers, 1840-1940: A Bio-Bibliography Deborah Willis-Thomas The Snapshot Jonathan Green L'Amour fou, Photography and Surrealism Rosalind Krauss, Jane Livingston, Dawn Ades Photomontage Dawn Ades

On Photography Susan Sontag Camera Lucida Roland Barthes

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Image, Music, Text Roland Barthes Mythologies Roland Barthes Light Readings A.D. Coleman Thinking Photography Victor Burgin Between Victor Burgin The End of Art Theory Victor Burgin The Burden of Representation John Tagg Photography and Society Gisele Freund Ways of Seeing John Berger About Looking John Berger Photography in Print Vicki Goldberg The Power of the Photograph Vicki Goldberg Classic Essays on Photography Alan Tractenberg The Critical Image: Essays on Contemporary Photography Carol Squiers The Contest of Meaning, Richard Bolton The Body and the Lens John Pultz Photography Against the Grain Alan Sekula Burning with Desire Gregory Batchen Photography at the Dock Abigail Solomon-Godeau Metamorphoses: Photography in the modern age Aperture Fabrications: Staged, Altered and Appropriate Photographs Anne Hoy Montage and Modern Life : 1919-1942 , Matthew Teitelbaum ed. On the Line: the New Color Photojournalism Adam Weinberg Documentary Photography Arthur Rothstein A History of Women Photographers Naomi Rosenblum A Forest of Signs: Art in the Crisis of Representation Ann Goldstein

Textbooks: Exploring Color Photography Robert Hirsch Photography London and Upton Photography Phil Davis Photography Bruce Warren Photographing in the Studio Gary Kolb Photographic Materials and Processes Leslie Stroebel Beyond Basic Photography Henry Horenstein The Keepers of Light William Crawford The New Zone System Manual Minor White Breaking the Rules: A Photo Media Cookbook Bea Nettles

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