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The cyanotype was one of the earliest photographic processes and with its rich, blue color, remains one of the most beautiful. Invented in 1...
The Kodak Brownie camera was one of the most popular cameras in the history of photography. The Brownie popularized low-cost photography and...
When light sensitive material is exposed to light, a chemical change happens, but this change isn’t necessarily visible. This idea is perhap...
The photographs of pioneer color photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky (1863–1944) give us a remarkable view into a world that is...
Tina Modotti (1896 – 1942) was an Italian photographer who was most active in Mexico between 1923 and 1930. Known for her romantic and...
John Szarkowski’s book Looking at Photographs: 100 Pictures from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art is one of the best ways to...
Photographer Gordon Parks, born 1912 and died 2006, was one of the most important figures of twentieth century photography. A humanitarian w...
Photographer James Van Der Zee was active from the 1920s through the late 1970s, working primarily in his native Harlem neighborhood in New...
When the exhibition The Family of Man opened in January of 1955, 60 years ago this month, visitors were greeted by more than 500 photographs...
Photographer Lisette Model, born in Vienna, Austria in 1901 and died 1983, was an important street photographer of the early 20th century, d...
Welcome to the History of Photography Podcast 2.0! Having retired from my college teaching job, I’m no longer teaching the photo histo...
The 15th and final class session examines documentary and conceptual photography, looking at the motivation and rationale behind them. We al...
During his 29-year tenure as Director of the photography department at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the great curator and photograp...
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 cl...
Is any photograph real? This question comes up as we trace the trajectory of the manipulated image in this class session. We also try to see...
Is anatomy destiny? This class session looks at women’s photography by examining the work of various female photographers as well as b...
This week, we examine photographers using large cameras and those using small cameras and try to examine the importance of the choice of too...
One of the great characters in the history of the medium, Alfred Stieglitz was also one of the most influential photographers and promoters...
Stop-motion photography as practiced by Edweard Muybridge and Etienne-Jules Marey and others is the topic of this class session. These scien...
A slightly shorter class session, as we cover three smaller topics: 1) the ideas surrounding stereoscopic photography, 2) the way 19th centu...
The interactive relationship that painting and photography have had for 174 years is the topic of this class session. We attempt to look at...
Photography as a form of transportation is the topic for class #5. We look at how the advent of wet-plate collodion technology spurred the a...
The 4th class meeting starts a more conceptual approach to the medium’s history. We look at 19th, 20th and some 21st century portraits...
In this second part of a two-part survey, we continue our fast trip through the history of photography, attempting to get a handle on who di...
Class session #2 is the first part of a two-part overview of the history of photography; a sort of “condensed” history in order...
In this first class session, we spend some time looking at some of the problems that the photo historian faces, including an introduction to...
Field Trip! The Photo History class visits the The Mary L. and Leigh B. Block Photography Study Room at the Art Institute of Chicago, giving...
The 5th and final Photo History Intersession commemorates the anniversary of the death of 19th century photographer Charles Dodgeson. Dodges...
The 4th Photo History Intersession looks at two rather dramatically opposed technical applications of photography: The first X-Ray image, ma...
In the third History of Photography Intersession, we look at some interesting events from January first, as we commemorate the birth date of...
The second “intersession” history of photography podcast commemorates the anniversary of the death of French photographer Robert...
In the first of a few “intersession” podcasts between the fall and spring semesters, we commemorate the birth date of photojourn...
We bring the summer school sessions to a close with a rememberance of the 100th birthday of the great photojournalist Henri Cartier-Bresson....
On this date in 1926, National Geographic Magazine published color underwater photographs; a photographic first. This wasn’t the first...
Alexander Gardner photographed the hanging of the Lincoln Conspirators on July 7, 1865. This image and a pair of Gardner’s portraits o...
Powerful and horrific photographs of the effects of the Battle of Gettysburg by Timothy O’Sullivan and Alexander Gardner are the subje...
In this summer school session, we explore two remarkable photographers; the Vietnamese photojournalist Nick Ut whose best-known image was cr...
Today’s summer school session is all about color. On this date in 1904, The Parisian brothers Louis and Auguste Lumière presented thei...
In today’s May 25th edition of Photo History Summer School, we note the birth dates of the avant garde Cech photographer Jaroslav Ross...
Cornell Capa, the photojournalist and tireless advocate of humanistic photography died today, May 23, 2008. He was 90 years old. A great and...
It’s summer, but photo history doesn’t rest… May 13th is the anniversary of the birth of Czech photography Jan Saudek (193...
From the very beginning of the medium, photographers have wanted to portray their sense of wonder and awe in the face of the natural world t...