History of Photography 1

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Synopsis:

The History and Theory of Photography is a series of lectures that traces developments in creative and documentary photography from WWI to the end of the 1980s. The lectures alternate with seminar-type lessons. For these seminars individual students have to prepare an analysis of a particular figure or trend.

Prerequisites:

Grading:

Submission of one thematic essay per semester: 40%

Final test and consequent oral exam: 40%

Active participation in discussions: 10%

Participation in lectures: 10% (minimum participation in 60% of the lectures is mandatory)

Study Objectives:

Outline and Syllabus:

Assignments:

Every student has to prepare one essay per semester on a topic from the area of history of photography - specification of the topic is up to the student?s choice (the only limit imposed is that the essay must deal with a topic from the twentieth century, there is no limit on methodology, nor the maximum length of the essay). The minimum length is 8000 characters. The student has to work with selected literature and which has to be mentioned.

Beside that the student will have to present the essay to his or her colleague in a form of short lecture.

Name of the Lecturer: Robert Silverio, Pavel Scheufler

Contact: 267 711 836 silverio@volny.cz , 281 970 539, 602 613 194 pavel@scheufler.cz

Study materials:

Literature:

Ammann, Jean-Christophe: XL-Photography: Art Collection Neue Borse

Badger, Gerry, Martin Parr : Photobook, The: A History - Volume I

Barrett, Terry: Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images

Bates, David: Photography and Surrealism : Sexuality, Colonialism and Social Dissent

Birgus, V. - Scheufler, P.: Fotografie v českých zemích 1839 - 1999. Grada, Praha 1999

Boot, Chris: Magnum Stories

Brooks, Adam: Subjective Realities: The Refco Collection of Contemporary Photography

Brothers Caroline War and Photography: A Cultural History

Campany David: Art and Photography

Fernandez, Horacio: Fotografia Publica: Photography in Print

Finnegan, Cara A.: Picturing Poverty: Print Culture and Fsa Photographs

De Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Agnes, Jean-Claude Lemagny, Alain Sayag: 20th Century French Photography

Fogle, Douglas, Kathy Halbreich:The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photography 1960-1982

Frizot M. (ed.): A New History of Photography. Könemenn, Köln 1998 Gernsheim, H. & A.: A Consice History On Photography. Thames and Hudson, London 1971

Grosenick, Uta, Ilka Becker: Women Artists in the 20th and 21st Century

Haworth-Booth, M.: The Golden Age of British Photography 1839 - 1900. Aperture, New York 1994

Stefan Iglhaut (Editor): Photography After Photography: Memory and Representation in the Digital Age

Janda, J.: Kamery obskury, fotografické přístroje z let 1840 - 1940. NTM, Praha 1986

Johnson, William S: Photography from 1839 to Today: George Eastman House, Rochester

Kertess, Klaus: Photography Transformed : The Metropolitan Bank and Trust Collection

Koetzle, H.-M.: Slavné fotografie. Historie skrytá za obrazy I. Taschen Slovart, Köln/Praha 2003

Krauss, Rosalind, Jane Livingston, Dawn Ades: L'Amour fou : Photography and Surrealism

Kruger, Barbara: Remote Control: Power, Cultures, and the World of Appearances

Lebeck, Robert: Kiosk. A History of Photojournalism

Lemagny, J.-C., Rouillé A.: A History of Photography. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and

Levine, Robert M: Insights into American History: Photographs as Documents

Giovanni Lista: Futurism and Photography

Russell Miller: Magnum: Fifty Years at the Front Line of History:

Neto, Mario Cravo, Michael Herzog-Hans LA Mirada: Looking at Photography in Latin America Today

Rosenblum Naomi: A history of women photographers

Rosenbulum, N.: A World History of Photography. Abbeville Press, New York1997

Scheufler, P.: Historické fotografické techniky. IPOS ARTAMA. Praha 1993

Scheufler, P.: Teze k dějinám fotografie do roku 1914. Učební texty FAMU, Praha 2000

Scheufler, P.: Galerie c. k. fotografů. Grada, Praha 2001

Szarkowski, J.: Photography untill Now, The Museum of Modern Art, NY 1989

Yapp, N.: 150 Years of Photo Journalism. Volume I. Könemann, Köln 1995 (1.vyd.)

Co je fotografie, 150 let fotografie, Videopress, Praha1989

Warner Marien, Mary: Photography: A Cultural History

Weiermair, Peter: The Measure of All Things: The Synthesis of Photography and Text

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Further information:

No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Fotografie EN - bakalář (qualification subject)