Mapping the Photographic Territory

Mapping the Photographic Territory

Photographic History

Cameras

Development of Digital

Analogue

Plate

Film

Output

Chemical

Older developing processes

Daguerreotype

Copper, silver-plated1839 - c. 1860

Cyanotpye

c. 1880 - c. 1910still usedBrilliant blue color, matte surface; invented in 1842 but not used until 1880's; paper fibers visible.

Wet collodian

Glass1851 - c. 1880

Dry Collodian

Etc

Ambrotype

Glass, clear1851 - c. 1880

Salted paper print(calotype)

1840 - c. 18601890s

Albumen print

COATED PAPER1851 - c. 1900s

The chemical darkroom

Digital

Online

In computers

Printed

Paper

Other materials

People

Photographic pioneers

Early 20th Century

Late 20th C/Contemporary

Photography as historical record

FSA

Dorothea Lange

War photography

Censorship

Propaganda

Genres

Landscape

Portraiture

Candid

Formal

Studio

School

Wedding

Sports

Photojournalism/Reportage/Street photography

Abstract

Nude

Fashion

Glamour

Porn

Social

Paparazzi

Wedding

Wildlife

Macro

Scientific

Medical

Forensic

Astrography

astronomical photography

Micrography

microscope photography

Infra Red

Commercial

Editorial/news

Architectural

Scenic

Corporate

Industrial

Advertising

Aerial

Underwater

Food

Culture differences

Within the UK

Photography as Middle-class hobby

Art, science or mere craft?

Between countries

Gender issues

Women as photographers

Women as subject matter

Porn

Glamour

Fashion

Feminist/non-sexist

Ethics

Porn

Candids

Voyeurism

Children

Consent and ownership

Philosophy

What is a photograph?

"All photograohy is exploitative and voyeurisitic" Walker Evans

Is it possible to photograph nothing?

Referents and signifiers

Accessibility

Everyone's a photographer now

Cheap point and shoot cameras

Lomography

Cameraphones

Easy dissemination

Impact of new technologies

on Communication/dissemination of information

Smartphones

Wireless technology

Online publishing

Newspapers/magazines

on camera ownership

Cheap and cheerful

Greater sophistication for less money

Photography as contemporary record

War journalism

Embedding journalists

Censorship

Terrorism

Amateur shots

Professional coverage

Reportage

AIDS

Africa

Drugs

Gang warfare

etc

Fashion

Key Texts

Camera Lucida

Roland Barthes0099225417Vintage

Basic Critical Theory for Photographers

Ashley la GrangeFocal Press0240516524

The Photograph: A Visual and Cultural History (Oxford History of

Art S.)

Graham Clarke0192842005Oxford 1997

The Photography Reader

Ed Liz Wells041524661XRoutledge,an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd 2002

Photography: A Critical Introduction

Ed Liz Wells 041530704XRoutledge,an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd 2002

On Photography

Susan Sontag0140053972Penguin 1979

Web resources

Far too many to list but here are my bookmarks

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Summary