ARTH 280 - Histories of Photography

Credits: 4

Introduction to problems in theory, analysis and history of photography. Topics include the nature of the camera apparatus and photographic meaning; development of photography as the basis of a picture industry; growth of photographic records and documentary evidence; and recent emergence of new forms of critical practice. Woven into the course is a study of the institutional and discursive orders in which photographies function and produce meaning. Fulfills post-1800 requirement for Art History major. No prerequisities.