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This course surveys the history of photography from its beginnings in the early nineteenth century to the present. We will examine the use of photography for aesthetic, documentary, and “scientific” purposes, stylistic shifts in photography related to aesthetic concerns, and varying interpretations of subject matter based on social and cultural concerns at specific moments in history. We will also consider the relationship between photography and the visual arts in general, which culminates with the primacy of photography as a medium by the late twentieth century.

This course surveys the history of photography from its beginnings in the early nineteenth century to the present. We will examine the use of photography for aesthetic, documentary, and “scientific” purposes, stylistic shifts in photography related to aesthetic concerns, and varying interpretations of subject matter based on social and cultural concerns at specific moments in history. We will also consider the relationship between photography and the visual arts in general, which culminates with the primacy of photography as a medium by the late twentieth century.

Assignment to fieldwork/study situations of approximately eight hours per week at an internship site approved by the internship instructor.: an advertising agency; broadcast design company; graphic design firm; corporate design office; publications art department; photography or illustration studio; web design, TV or multimedia production company. Each student will keep a log/journal to be shared in group seminars. Supervision will be by faculty and by the supervisor at the internship site. Internships may be undertaken during the flu, spring or summer semesters.

Assignment to fieldwork/study situations of approximately eight hours per week at an internship site approved by the internship instructor.: an advertising agency; broadcast design company; graphic design firm; corporate design office; publications art department; photography or illustration studio; web design, TV or multimedia production company. Each student will keep a log/journal to be shared in group seminars. Supervision will be by faculty and by the supervisor at the internship site. Internships may be undertaken during the flu, spring or summer semesters.