FA 380 [M] History of Photography 

Carleton Watkins, Cape Horn near Celilo 1867 albumen silver print

  

Spring 2014

Professor: Dr. Marianne Kinkel

Meetings: MWF 3:10- 4:00PM

This course surveys the social history of photography from its inception to the present.  It provides an overview of photographic processes, theoretical issues that inform photography, and the shifting status of the medium throughout the 19^th and 20^th centuries.  The course is structured chronologically and consists of lectures and class discussions.

 

FA 380 counts as a “writing in the major” or M Course.