PHOT 154
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PHOT 154 | History of Photography examines the role and function of photography and its cultural history, including its relationship to art, science, social sciences, travel, fashion, and mass media. During each class, round-table discussions will focus on the important cultural, aesthetic and technical considerations in photography within the historical and contemporary contexts of works by photographers from the United States, Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Such topics will include Looking At and Understanding Photographs, The Origins and Development of Photography, A New Aesthetic – 19th Century Photography, Photography and Modernity, Lens Culture and Mass Media as well as The Globalization of Photography in the Digital Age. In addition to the round-table discussions, there will be a variety of presentations on photography’s relationship with several key topics that have played role in the history of the medium, including such topics as The Photo Book, Theater of the Everyday – A Look at Street Photography, Family Values – The Family as Subject, the Politics of Photography, Archive, Appropiation and the Photographer as Curator, Once Upon A Time – Narrative and Tableau Photography, and Inside The Digital Vault – Photographic Archives, Collections, Blogs and the Social Discourse of Photography.
Catalog Description
A survey of the development of photography as a visual tradition. The development of photographic technology will be discussed as it has affected photographic practice and the appearance of the final image. The relation of photography to other arts and other technologies will be discussed in a broad cultural and visual arts context. The course traces and analyzes the development of aesthetic traditions in photography, including the portrait, the landscape, expeditionary photography, war photography, the instantaneous photograph, and significant developments in 20th century photography and the 21st century transition to digital capture and printing. The development of technology in relation to photographic imagery will also be considered, including the origin of the camera, daguerreotypes, paper prints, high-speed emulsions and lenses, flexible film, the hand camera, color photography, and digital image capture and manipulation.
Satisfies Grossmont College GE – Area C | CSU – Area C1 and IGETC – Area 3A requirements.
Prerequisite: There is no prerequisite for enrollment in PHOT 154 | History of Photography.
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Student Learning Outcomes (SLO)
Demonstrate ability to recognize and recall photography’s historical, modern and contemporary aesthetic and technical developments, practitioners, genres and trends in photographic thought.
Demonstrate application of critical thinking practices in describing, interpreting and evaluating photography’s historical, modern and contemporary aesthetic and technical developments, practitioners and genres, and its relationship within broader social, cultural and visual arts contexts.
Assessment Activity: Research Paper
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Required Textbook for Study Question Responses
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Throughout the semester, students will participate in discussions on various aspects on the history of photography from both historical and contemporary contexts. The discussions will be based on lectures, presentations and assigned readings from the required text, Photography – A Cultural History, 4th Edition, which is available from the bookstore for purchase or rental as well as Amazon. Use of Photography – A Cultural History, 3rd Edition is fine as well if you’re able to find this edition. Copies of both editions are also on reserve in the Grossmont College Library. Students will be asked to complete written responses to study questions for each of the assigned readings.
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Course Information and Curriculum Links for PHOT 154 | History of Photography
Scroll down page for detailed semester calendar and click on link to locate information regarding curriculum activities and assignments.
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Chapter Summary Responses and Chapter Summary | Lecture Quizzes
The Chapter Summary Responses are due at the start of class on the assigned calendar date. Responses completed late will not be accepted and considered for an evaluation.
The Chapter Summary | Lecture Quizzes will be returned only for reviewing your grade.
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Critical Inquiry Response
In-Class Assignment – Image Analysis | One Picture
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Critical Inquiry Exhibition Reviews
Exhibition Review | Selected Frames | Considering Photographs.
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PHOT 154 – Spring 2018 Calendar
Section 4917 | Tuesdays and Thursdays – 10:30 am – 11:45 am
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1 | 30 – Tuesday – 1
Introduction to course, discussion of syllabus, course expectations and use of course website
Discussion of Light Writing: From Daguerreotype to Digital and Considering the History of Photography
Presentation of Beyond The Surface | Thinking About Photographs and Seeing Photographs
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2 | 1 – Thursday – 2
No Class
Individual Online Review of Beyond The Surface | Thinking About Photographs and Seeing Photographs
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2 | 5 – Tuesday – 3
Discussion of Beyond The Surface | Thinking About Photographs and Seeing Photographs
Discussion of Critical Inquiry Response – In-Class Writing Assignment | One Picture
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2 | 7 – Thursday – 4
Chapter 1 Summary Due at Start of Class
Critical Inquiry Response – In-class Writing Assignment | One Picture – based on discussion of Beyond The Surface | Thinking About Photographs and Seeing Photographs
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2 | 9 – Friday
Census Day – Last Day to Drop without a “W” appearing on Academic Record
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2 | 13 – Tuesday – 5
Chapter 2 Summary Due at Start of Class
Presentation | Discussion of Chapter 1 – The Origins of Photography
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2 | 15 – Thursday – 6
Presentation | Discussion of Chapter 2 – The Second Invention of Photography
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2 | 20 – Tuesday – 7
Chapter 3 Summary Due at Start of Class
Presentation | Discussion of Past & Present – Historical Techniques and Contemporary Photography
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2 | 22 – Thursday – 8
Quiz #1 | The Origins of Photography | The Second Invention of Photography | Past & Present – Historical Techniques and Contemporary Photography
Presentation | Discussion of The 10 Most Expensive Photographs
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2 | 27 – Tuesday – 9
Chapter 4 Summary Due at Start of Class
Presentation | Discussion of Chapter 3 – Popular Photography and the Aims of Art
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3 | 1 – Thursday – 10
Presentation | Discussion of Chapter 4 – Imaging of the Social World
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3 | 6 – Tuesday – 11
Chapter 5 Summary Due at Start of Class
Presentation | Discussion of Chapter 5 – Science and Social Science
3 | 8 – Thursday – 12
Quiz #2 | Chapter 3 – Popular Photography and the Aims of Art | Chapter 4 – Imaging of the Social World | The 10 Most Expensive Photographs
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3 | 13 – Tuesday – 13
Chapter 6 Summary Due at Start of Class
Presentation | Discussion of Photographers Now
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3 | 15 – Thursday – 14
Presentation | Discussion of Chapter 6 – The Great Divide
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3 | 20 – Tuesday – 15
Chapter 7 Summary Due at Start of Class
Presentation | Discussion of Critical Inquiry Response – Selected Frames | Considering Photographs
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3 | 22 – Thursday – 16
Quiz #3 | Chapter 5 – Science and Social Science | Photographers Now | Chapter 6 – The Great Divide
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3 | 26 – 3 | 31
No Class | College Break
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4 | 3 – Tuesday – 17
Presentation | Discussion of Chapter 7 – Modern Life
Chapter 8 Summary Due at Start of Class
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4 | 5 – Thursday – 18
Presentation | Discussion of Chapter 8 – Art and the Age of Mass Media
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4 | 10 – Tuesday – 19
Chapter 9 Summary Due at Start of Class
Quiz #4 | Chapter 7 – Modern Life | Chapter 8 – Art and the Age of Mass Media
Presentation | Discussion of Crime Seen
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4 | 12 – Thursday – 20
Chapter 10 Summary Due at Start of Class
Presentation | Discussion of Chapter 9 – Documentary Expression and Popular Photography
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4 | 17 – Tuesday – 21
Critical Inquiry Response Due At Start of Class | Selected Frames | Considering Photographs
Presentation | Discussion of Chapter 9 – Documentary Expression and Popular Photography
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4 | 19 – Thursday – 22
Presentation | Discussion of Chapter 10 – The Human Family
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4 | 24 – Tuesday – 23
Chapter 11 Summary Due at Start of Class
Quiz #5 | Chapter 9 – Documentary Expression and Popular Photography | Crime Seen | Chapter 10 – The Human Family
Presentation | Discussion of Pioneers of Color Photography – Shore, Meyerowitz and Eggleston
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4 | 26 – Thursday – 24
Presentation | Discussion of Chapter 11 – The Cold War Era
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4 | 27
Last Day to Drop with a “W” appearing on Academic Record
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5 | 1 – Tuesday – 25
Chapter 12 Summary Due at Start of Class
Presentation | Discussion of Chapter 11 – The Cold War Era
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5 | 3 – Thursday – 26
Presentation | Discussion of Chapter 12 – Globalism, Technology and Social Change
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5 | 8 – Tuesday – 27
Chapter 13 Summary Due at Start of Class
Contnued Presentation | Discussion of Chapter 12 – Globalism, Technology and Social Change
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5 | 10 – Thursday – 28
Quiz #6 | Chapter 11 – The Cold War Era | Pioneers of Color Photography – Shore, Meyerowitz and Eggleston | Chapter 12 – Globalism, Technology and Social Change
Presentation | Discussion of Chapter 13 – The Culture of Critique
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5 | 15 – Tuesday – 29
Chapter 14 Summary Due at Start of Class
Continued Presentation | Discussion of Chapter 13 – The Culture of Critique
Presentation | Discussion of Chapter 14 – Into the Twenty-First Century
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5 | 17 – Thursday – 30
Continued Presentation | Discussion of Chapter 14 – Into the Twenty-First Century
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5 | 22 – Tuesday – 31
Quiz #7 | Chapter 13 – The Culture of Critique | Chapter 14 – Into the Twenty-First Century
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5 | 24 – Thursday – 32
Review for Final Quiz | Comprehensive – Significant Photographs
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5 | 29 – Tuesday
No Class
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5 | 31 – Thursday – 33 – Scheduled from 9:25 am – 11:25 am
Final Quiz | Comprehensive – Significant Photographs
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Curriculum Evaluation
Your final grade will be determined by a culmination of points earned based on your performance with the below listed curriculum assignments. Questions regarding curriculum assignment grades and/or the final grade must be brought to the attention of the instructor. To provide equitable instruction for all students while during class hours, please ask questions regarding your grade during instructor office hours or after class.
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700 – (14 @ 50 points each) – Textbook Chapter Summary Responses
560 – (7 Quizzes @ 80 points each) – Lecture | Chapter Summary Quizzes
40 – Critical Inquiry Response #1
100 – Exhibition Review #1
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Final Grading
Your overall final grading based on points earned will be representative as follows:
A .. (100% – 93%) ……….1400 – 1295
A-.. (92% – 90%) ………..1294 – 1253
B+..(89% – 87%) ………..1252 – 1211
B… (86% – 83%) ………..1210 – 1155
B-.. (82% – 80%) ………..1154 – 1113
C+.(79% – 77%) ………..1112 – 1071
C… (76% – 70%) ………..1070 – 973
D… (69% – 60%) ………..972 – 833
F… (59% and less) ….…..832 – 0
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