Savannah College of Art and Design Information System

PDFs (available via "Course Supplements" link on course Blackboard main menu:

Crimp, D. (1980). The Photographic Activity of Postmodernism. October 15 (Winter) 91-101. (PDF)

Curtis, J.C. (1986). Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, and the culture of the Great Depression. Winterthur Portfolio 21 (1) 1-20. (PDF)

Kozloff, M. (1991). Ghastly news from epic landscapes. American Art 5 (1/2 Winter – Spring) 108-131. (PDF)

Lahs-Gonzales, O. (1996). Photography in modern Europe. The Saint Louis Art Museum Bulletin, 21 (4) 1-64. (PDF)

Moore, K. (2008).  Cruising and transcendence in the photographs of Minor White. Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 67 (More Than One: Photographs in Sequence) 66 -79. (PDF)

Szarkowski, J. (1995). The sky pictures of Alfred Stieglitz. MoMA 20 (Autumn) 15-17. (PDF)

Ward, F. (2001). Gray zone: watching “Shoot.” October 95 (Winter) 114-130. (PDF)

MS Word or ability to save documents as .rtf

Internet access

Notebook or laptop for note-taking

Campany, D. (2012). Art and Photography. London: Phaidon Press. ISBN-13: 978-0714863924

Wells, L. (2015). Photography: A critical introduction. New York: Routledge. ISBN-13: 978-0415854290

All required readings are available for download on Blackboard.

• For each class period, you are required to read and be prepared to give a short informal summary of at least one article from the selections appropriate for that class period's theme (the readings are separated into folders for each class period).

None

I recommend you use one or more of the following textbooks for supplementary reading and research:

• General photo histories:
  • A World History of Photography, 4th ed., by Naomi Rosenblum.
  • Seizing the Light: A Social History of Photography, 2nd ed., by Robert Hirsch.
  • Photography: A Cultural History, 3rd ed., by Mary Warner Marien.
• For additional help with research and writing:
  • A Short Guide to Writing About Art, by Sylvan Barnet
  • Criticizing Photographs, by Terry Barrett
  • MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
  • A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers, by Kate L. Turabian