Author Archives: Sandra Cheng
Announcement: FINAL EXAM TERMINOLOGY
The FINAL EXAM is on Tuesday, December 18th at 10:00 AM. Please be on time, arrive early! (n.b., it won’t be possible to stay late because another class has a final at 11:30 in the same room) Below is a … Continue reading
Discussion Topic: A Glimpse Inside Gaza-War Photography Today
We have discussed the documentation of war through out the semester. War photography is a special genre that is still practiced today by some photojournalists. The New York Times Tyler Hicks is a veteran war photographer who has covered numerous … Continue reading
Discussion Topic: Photographing the Beginning of the Civil Rights Movement
This week, I would like you to consider two photographic works taken at the very beginning of the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s. In 1955, Swiss-born photographer Robert Frank traveled across the country taking photographs of people. … Continue reading
Discussion Topic: The Art of Food Photography
Happy Thanksgiving! It seems appropriate that we think about food this week, and the idea that photographing food is an art form. There is a long history of photographing food for commercial purposes. The following NPR article outlines a current … Continue reading
Announcement: Video clip on Dust Bowl conditions of the 1930s
Here’s the videoclip that I couldn’t get to work in class:
Discussion Topic: The Greatest War Photograph and Robert Capa
At the age of 23, Robert Capa took a photograph that many have labeled the greatest war photograph of all time. Taken during the Spanish Civil War, the renown of Capa’s photograph, Falling Soldier or Death of a Loyalist Soldier, … Continue reading
Discussion Topic: Documenting Hurricane Sandy
Before I introduce our next Discussion Topic I want to say that I hope you and your families are safe and recovering from the storm. As we work to return to ‘normal’ and classes resume at CityTech, please take extra time … Continue reading
Discussion Topic: Photography and Early Film
In 1902, Georges Méliès released the first science fiction film, A Trip to the Moon (Le voyage dans la lune). The filmmaker spared no expense for special effects. Review the approximately 11-minute long film and consider the following questions. Do … Continue reading
Discussion Topic: Documenting Brooklyn Vodou
In class, we briefly touched on the beginnings of spiritualist photography. The contemporary photographer Shannon Taggart has photographed the world’s largest Spiritualist community in western New York. Her photographic projects seem to focus on alternative types of religious experience. Taggart’s … Continue reading
REMINDER: Midterm on Tuesday Oct 16th at 10 AM
This post is to remind you that our midterm is on Tuesday, October 16th at 10 AM SHARP. Please ARRIVE ON TIME (come early!) because we will begin with the slide identification section and if you miss it, there will … Continue reading
