Standard

 

CPH 117 – Photographic History

Course Description

Provides instruction on the history and development of photography. Topics include: photography: past and present and introduction to art history.

 

Competency Areas

Hours

 

Photography: Past and Present

Class

1

Introduction to Art History

D. Lab

0

 

P. Lab/O.B.I.

0

 

Credit

1


Prerequisite/Corequisite:

CPH 101

 

Course Guide

 

Competency

After completing this section, the student will:

Hours

Class

D.Lab

P.Lab/

O.B.I.

PHOTOGRAPHY:PAST AND PRESENT

5

0

0

Origins of photography

Relate the history of photography.

 

 

 

 

Explain a camera obscura.

 

 

 

 

Demonstrate the use of a pinhole camera.

 

 

 

 

Describe the significance of the daguerreotype.

 

 

 

 

Explain the calotype and its inventor.

 

 

 

 

Evaluate the significance of the Kodak process.

 

 

 

 

Describe the importance of photography as an art movement in the early 1900s.

 

 

 

 

Explain the photographer as a social documenter.

 

 

 

 

Give examples of the photographer as a social documenter.

 

 

 

Current trends in photography

Discuss current trends in photography.

 

 

 

 

Relate current photographic practices.

 

 

 

 

Discuss the photographic trends from the 1950s to the present.

 

 

 

 

Relate the commercial photographer’s market in the postwar era.

 

 

 

INTRODUCTION TO ART HISTORY

5

0

0

Art history

Relate art history prior to the introduction of the camera obscura.

 

 

 

 

Suggested Resources

 

Books

 

Newhall, B. (1982). History of photography. New York: Little, Brown.

Smith, B. (1985). Designing a photograph. New York: Amphoto.