Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0263 - Photography From Asia

In the 1840's, shortly after the invention of photography, British, European and American photographers traveled to the Far and Near East, often on the heels of military aggression. In the process, they introduced photography to these regions, where local practitioners quickly took up the medium and used it for their own purposes. Yet history of photography texts do not adequately register the rich photographic traditions developed by photographers in Asia, and the current outpouring of photographic work from Asia countries demands a fuller historical context. In this course, we will study the development of photographic practices in Northeast, Southeast and South Asia. Collectively, through research, writing and the examination of historical and contemporary work, the class will assemble a fuller "picture" of photography in Asia, thereby expanding the framework of the history of photography in general.

Culture, Humanities, and Languages Independent Work Multiple Cultural Perspectives Writing and Research This course satisfies the Division I Distribution Requirement. In this course, students are expected to spend between six and ten hours a week of preparation and work outside of class time. Field Trip $0.