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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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Histories |
"The Photo Shoot." Video clips: Louis Lumière, 118, 105, and 310. |
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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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Photography as Fragment, Photos as Evidence: Portraits, ID Photos |
End of week 5: Paper 2 due |
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Mug Shots, Memorial Books Visual Anthropology |
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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 |
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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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Photography and Gender |
Video clips: Ways of Seeing. Part 2. |
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11 |
Photography and Orientalism |
Beginning of week 11: Paper 4 due |
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12 |
Iraq Photos Conclusions and Copyright Law: Who Owns the Image? |
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Student Presentations |
