ART 1140 - History of Photography

This course introduces the history of photography, from its beginnings in the 19^th century to contemporary artists who use photographic technologies. Photography often has multiple and contradictory subject placements. The central methodological problem of the course will be to develop critical visual literacy within the often complex and contradictory nature of photographic images that represent a diverse set of photographic practices (e.g. journalism, documentary, advertisement, fashion, art, and personal documents.)