Art History 242 - History of Photography

This survey course traces the rise and development of photography in the United States and, to a lesser extent, Mexico and the countries in Western Europe. It charts the wide range of work with the camera, including commercial, so-called 'vernacular,' and fine art projects, and considers pictures from photography's very beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century to today's practices. Among the major figures to be discussed are the early landscape photographers O'Sullivan and Watkins, the avant-garde photographers Stieglitz and Genthe, the Depression-era photographers Evans and Lange, and the so-called New Documentarians Arbus and Frank.

Course limited to sophomores, juniors and seniors