Author Archives: Sandra Cheng
Official Grades & Happy Summer
A short note to say your grades are posted on Blackboard. Please check your grade center on Blackboard to look at your grades and final grade average. There are separate columns for the final exam, paper grades, homework and two … Continue reading
Extra Review Material for Photographs on Final Exam
Please note that I have revised the short list for the Final and deleted a few images (the Bechers’ Gas Tower and Serrano’s Piss Christ). Since I will not be able to cover much of the remaining material in-depth, I … Continue reading
Final Exam: Short List and Terminology
The Final Exam is on Tuesday 5/23 at 10 am, please arrive on time to avoid missing the slide identification section. It is not possible to go back to Part I after the exam begins. Please note that the short list … Continue reading
Homework #4: Robert Frank’s America-LAST HW
For this homework assignment, please watch a short video on a recent exhibition at Stanford University’s Cantor Center for Visual Arts. The exhibition highlighted Robert Frank’s seminal photography book The Americans (1958) and the photographs that didn’t make it into the publication. The … Continue reading
Homework #3: Robert Capa’s Death of a Loyalist Soldier
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
Reminder: Midterm Postponed until Tuesday 3/21
Due to the Snow Day on 3/14, the midterm is postponed until next week. Please arrive early on Tuesday 3/21 in A631, so that we can begin the midterm exam promptly. Please review this earlier announcement for details on the midterm exam: … Continue reading
Upcoming Midterm Postponed to 3/21
Due to the impending snowstorm (and the possibility classes may not run tomorrow) the midterm is rescheduled to Tuesday March 21st, 10 am in Atrium 631. Because we begin with the slide id’s please make sure you arrive on time, otherwise you will … Continue reading
Homework #2: Food and Coffee in the Civil War
If you had a choice, which would you give up? Food? Or coffee? In class, we looked at the photography of the Civil War and the difficulties of producing photographs during war, especially with the wet-plate collodion process. To help … Continue reading
Short List for Midterm Exam
I have posted the short list for the midterm exam under Class Downloads/Slide Lists. Any image you see on the midterm will be taken from this list. Please take time to review the Exam Format for the midterm. The exam … Continue reading
Reminder: Paper #1 is DUE 3/2
This is a gentle reminder that Paper #1 is due on Thursday 3/2 by the end of day. To submit the paper, you will need to go to Blackboard and upload your paper under the tab “Submit Paper Here.”
