DARTS-214 Photography Changes Everything
The invention of photography in the 1820s was one of the most important revolutions of modernity, and it changed just about everything, including how we define art, how process the news, how we relate to people and places, and how we remember the past. This interdisciplinary, active learning course equips students with the ability to analyze photographs as images and as material objects, and to identify the technologies and social practices that have made photography ubiquitous. Topics span the 19th-21st centuries and include portraiture; travel photography; scientific imaging; photojournalism and the paparazzi; crime and surveillance; advertising and fashion; the art market for photographs; the shift from analog to digital; and machine vision and AI.
Standard Course (40)
Credits
1
Cross Listed Courses
ARTH-214,
CNMS-214