VIS 83Photographic History
Course examines the broader history of photography. We will discuss various technological processes associated with the early dissemination of photography and explore the ways in which this new medium transformed existing social and cultural practices, primarily in Europe and the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. We will examine photographic artists, as well as photographers working in a range of areas, from criminology and advertising to journalism and war photography. Students may not receive credit for both VIS 83 and VIS 83R.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “none.”
Where it sits in degree plans
One of the options in (2)
- Visual Arts (Art History/Criticism) (B.A.)
- Visual Arts (Media) (B.A.)
Courses that list VIS 83 as a prerequisite (9)
- VIS 150A Seminar in Film History and Theory
- VIS 151 Experimental Cinema
- VIS 151A Seminar in Media History and Theory
- VIS 152 Media in Social Context
- VIS 155 Media Artists at Work
- VIS 158A Topics in Contemporary Photography
- VIS 158B Photography after 1960
- VIS 158C History of Social Documentary
- VIS 158D Black Subjects and Black Material in Photography