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Introduction: The Power of Photography |
Video: Berger. Ways of Seeing. Part 1. London, UK: BBC, 32 minutes, Color, 1974. |
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| 2 |
Histories |
"The Photo Shoot." Video clips: Louis Lumière, 118, 105, and 310. |
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| 3 |
Anthropology and Photography |
Video clips: Eadweard J. Muybridge.
Video excerpts: Cannibal Tourism. |
Beginning of week 3: Paper 1 due |
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Albums and Family Photographs: Western and Eastern |
Video clips: Ellis Island. 3-hours, History Channel.
Video excerpts: David and Judith MacDougall. Photo Wallahs: An Encounter with Photography. 60 min, Berkeley, CA: University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning, 1991. |
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| 5 |
Photography as Fragment, Photos as Evidence: Portraits, ID Photos |
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End of week 5: Paper 2 due |
| 6 |
Mug Shots, Memorial Books
Visual Anthropology |
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| 7 |
Aerial Photography |
Video clips: WWII Aerial Photography. |
Midterm |
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Nature Photographs: The Case of National Geographic
True or False? |
National Geographic video clips.
On Photography and Ghosts, see The American Museum of Photography Web site. |
Beginning of week 8: Paper 3 due |
| 9 |
Fashion Photography and Paparazzi |
Paparazzi. Directed by Paul Abascal. Twentieth Century Fox, 2004. DVD.
Police-press Collaborations: On the "Perp Walk" and "Ride-alongs."
Recommended: Fellini. 8½. |
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| 10 |
Photography and Gender |
Video clips: Ways of Seeing. Part 2. |
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| 11 |
Photography and Orientalism |
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Beginning of week 11: Paper 4 due |
| 12 |
Iraq Photos
Conclusions and Copyright Law: Who Owns the Image? |
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| 13 |
Student Presentations |
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