Class lectures with Jeff Curto from College of DuPage
The middle of the 20th century was a time of tremendous change in all areas of the world and especially in the world of photography. This class session looks at the changes that photography experienced during the atomic age through an examination of the cultural, political and artistic climate of the time.
To play podcast larger, click "download" and play in QuickTime Player [1:37:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (8083)During his 29-year tenure as Director of the photography department at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the great curator and photographer John Szarkowski (1925 to 2007) changed the way the world saw photography.
This short class session introduces Szarkowski’s work and was followed by a short film about him.
To play podcast larger, click "download" and play in QuickTime Player [35:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (8372)We trace the trajectory of the manipulated image in this session entitled, “The Past is Prologue - The Manipulative Impulse and the Digital Age.” We also try to see if we can figure out where our digital photographic age is taking us and whether we want to go there.
To play podcast larger, click "download" and play in QuickTime Player [1:45:41m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (17112)This class session looks at women’s photography by examining the work of various female photographers as well as by looking at the bigger issue of whether the photographer’s gender changes the images that are made.
To view podcast larger, click "download" and play in QuickTime Player [2:05:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (20340)This week, we examine photographers using large cameras and those using small cameras and try to examine the importance of the choice of tools to the photographer. Does the tool drive the idea, or the idea drive the tool?
Before starting that topic, we cover “The Muddiest Points” for the term so far.
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