ARTH A344 - History of Photography

Institution:

University of South Carolina-Aiken

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Description:

This course surveys the history of photography, focusing on commercial and artistic practices that expand photographic modes of expression and experience. Topics explored include pre-photographic origins; pioneering applications of photography (motion illusion studies, animation, and film); advances in technology; the archive and the photographic document; avant-gardism and modernism; the vicissitudes of documentary photography; global appropriation and application; postmodernism and post-photography; and digital photography in the age of New Media.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

web.usca.edu

Phone Number:

(803) 648-6851

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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