Author Archives: Sandra Cheng
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
Final Exam: Short List and Terminology
The Final Exam is on Thursday 12/14 at 10 am SHARP, 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 because there is another class … Continue reading
HW #3: Color, Food Photography, and Instagram
Happy Thanksgiving! This week seems an appropriate time to consider color photography and the art of photographing food. Color is very important to creating an appetizing photograph but color photography was not accepted as an art form until the 1970s. William Eggleston … Continue reading
Extra Credit Posted
Extra Credit assignments have been posted under Class Downloads. There are 6 options and the due date for the assignments is Tuesday December 12 by midnight. Please submit all extra credit assignments on Blackboard.
Reminder: Midterm is next TUES 10/17 at 10 AM
Judging from the number of latecomers in recent weeks, I’m posting this reminder that the Midterm will begin promptly next Tuesday. The Midterm is scheduled for 10/17 at 10 am and we will begin with the slide IDs (you can … Continue reading
Midterm Exam: Short List and Terminology
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
HW #2: Food and Coffee in the Civil War
If you had a choice, which would you give up? Food? Or coffee? After looking at photography of the Civil War, we are reminded of the difficulties of producing photographs during war, especially with the wet-plate collodion process. To help … Continue reading
Photoville Photography Festival and Paper #1
I forgot to mention that Photoville, NYC’s photography festival has opened and it will be open this weekend and next weekend too. The festival is free and open to the public. You can see some highlights from Photoville here. The … Continue reading
HW 1: Photography, Selfies, and Cindy Sherman
For this homework you will need to create an account on the OpenLab. To get started follow the directions on the OpenLab’s Getting Started Page and to learn how to post your homework, please review my Blogging Guidelines located above. … Continue reading
Welcome to the Tu/Th section of the History of Photography!
Hello ARTH 1100 students! Welcome to the class website for Professor Sandra Cheng’s course on the History of Photography. This website is for the following section ONLY: ARTH 1100-D400 Tues/Thurs 10-11:15 AM. (If you are in the Writing Intensive section, … Continue reading
