History of Photography - Fall 2016 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 2-3:30; M W 2-3:30; 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 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 Russell Miller, Magnum: Fifty Years at the Front Line of History. (New York: Grove Press, 1997). ISBN: 978-0-8021-3653-4, $16.00 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: 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 a test in class on Dorothea Lange: A Life Without Limits and a take-home test on Magnum: Fifty Years at the Front Line of History. 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 must 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 “ AcademiC Honesty and Plagarism” in the online Loyola Undergraduate Bulletin: http://2016bulletin.loyno.edu/aCademiC- regulations/aCademiC-honesty-and-plagiarism. A violation will result in a failing grade for the Course. 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Pack textbooks, assignments, syllabi and any other needed materials for eaCh Course ad bring during an evacuation/suspension 4. Keep up with Course work during the evacuation/suspension as specified on course syllabi and on- line BlaCkboard Courses. 5. Complete any reading and/or writing assignments given by professors before emergency began. Assuming a power sourCe is available.... 6. Log on to university Web site within 48 hours of an evacuation/suspension. 7. Monitor the main university site (www.loyno.edu) for general information. 8. Log on to each Course through Blackboard or e-mail within 48 hours of an evacuation/suspension to receive further information regarding contaCting course instruCtors for assignments, etC. 9. Complete Blackboard and/or other online assignments posted by professors (students are required to turn in assignments on time during the evacuation/suspension period and onCe the university Campus has reopened.) 10. Contact professors during an evacuation/suspension (or as soon as classes resume on campus) to explain any emergency circumstances that may have prevented them from completing expeCted work. Further information about student responsibilities in emergencies is available on the Academic Affairs web site: http://academiCaffairs.loyno.edu/students-emergenCy- responsibilities E-Mail: You should CheCk your LoyMail aCCount daily for possible assignment and Class updates. Disability Services: If you have a disability and wish to reCeive aCCommodations, please ContaCt Disability ServiCes at 504-865-2990, [email protected], or visit the OffiCe of Disability ServiCes in Marquette Hall 112. Please note that before any acCommodations Can be implemented, you must obtain an offiCial Course ACCommodation Record from Disability ServiCes for my signature. Grading: Midterm - 20% Book tests - 20% ea. Oral report -10% Final - 20% Quizzes, Class partiCipation - 10% 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 22: Introduction 1. The Beginnings Photographers: Niepce, Daguerre, Bayard, Talbot, Lion August 24: Rosenblum, Chapter 1: The Early Years: TeChnology, Vision, Users, 1839- 1875 Early Photography: Making Daguerreotypes https://www.youtube.Com/watCh?v=N0Ambe4FwQk 2. The Photographic Portrait Photographers: Brady, Southworth, Hawes, Hill, Adamson, Cameron, Nadar, Sarony August 29: 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 August 31: Julia Margaret Cameron: www.nationalmedia museum.org.uk "Unseen Photographs by Julia Margaret Cameron" www.vam.aC.uk Julia Margaret Cameron video http://www.theguardian.Com "Julia Margaret Cameron: soft-foCus photographer with an iron will" Photographer choices due 3. Documentary Beginnings Photographers: O’Sullivan, Curtis, Fenton, Brady, Gardner Sept. 7: Rosenblum, Chapter 4: DoCumentation: ObjeCts and Events, 1839-1890 http://www.smithsoniamag.Com Mathew Brady’s Vision Oral Report: Edward S. Curtis 4. Art and Photography in the Nineteenth Century Photographers: Rejlander, Robinson, Hawardin, Emerson, Carroll Sept. 12 : Rosenblum, Chapter 5: Photography and Art: The First Phase, 1839-1890 Lady Clementina Hawarden: http://www.vam.ac.uk Oral report: Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) 5. Instantaneous Photographs Photographers: Muybridge, Lartigue, Atget, BelloCq, Van Der Zee, Genthe Sept.14: 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.19: JaCques Henri Lartigue: http://www.howardgreenberg.Com Eugene Atget: http://www.atgetphotography.Com 6. Art Photography Photographers: Stieglitz, SteiChen, White, Kasebier Sept. 21: 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 report: Gertrude Kasebier 7. Photography and Social Reform Photographers: Riis, Hine, Lange, Evans, Parks, Post WolCott, Sander Sept. 26: Rosenblum, Chapter 8: DoCumentation: The SoCial Scene to 1945 JaCob Riis: http://www.nytimes.Com/slideshow/2008/02/27/nyregion/ 20080227_RIIS_SLIDESHOW _index.html Sept. 28: Lewis Hine: http://www.historyplace.Com/unitedstates/childlabor/ Oct. 3: Farm SeCurity Administration: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fadocamer.html http://www.iub.edu/~iuam/online_modules/fsa/fsa.html Oral report: Gordon Parks Oct. 5: Midterm exam Oct. 12: Gallery Day Oct. 17: Dorothea Lange test 8. Photography in the Modern Era Photographers: Man Ray, Moholy-Nagy, Laughlin, Strand, Weston, Cunningham, RodChenko, Adams Oct. 19: Rosenblum, Chapter 9: Art, Photography, and Modernism, 1920-1945 Man Ray: http://www.moma.org/colleCtion/artist.php?artist_id=3716