The
textbook is available at the COD Bookstore or at Amazon
Below... A
set of web links that you should find useful for this course.
I've loosely grouped these links into categories, accessible via this pop-up
menu, which will zip you down the page to the right spot for that group:
Common
Errors in English - A big page of commonly mis-used, misspelled
or otherwise mangled English words. And yes, I do consider the quality
of your writing when I evaluate your work.
Six
Degrees Game - OK, so this isn't really a "timeline,"
but it's pretty cool. From PBS comes a game where you can see the connections
(or "six degrees of separation) between great "American Masters." Find
out how Alfred Stieglitz is connected to Ray Charles.
Library
of Congress - A link to the Prints and Photographs Reading Room
site; searchable
Vernacular
Photography - A short interview with professor Geoffrey Batchen
from the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center on the
idea of the history of vernacular photography (photographs not intended
as art, such as snapshots, commercial photos, and objects like photographic
jewelry)
Vernacular
Photography - A pretty ugly site, but with some great images
from the vast quantity of "unknown" photographers
Can
photographers be plagiarists? - An interesting piece from Slate.com
dealing with whether photographers who "borrow" from the
vision of others are doing something wrong.
Lost And
Found Photos - Todd Wemmer's project on oral and written histories
of photographs that were once lost and now are found... or were found
but now are lost... really, it's about how we interact with photographs
of our own past. It's about history. Contribute a story...
Gregory Crewdson - A contemporary photographer, given a royal treatment
on a website by Aperture
Tiananmen
Square Photographer - Magnum photographer Stuart Franklin
discusses his photograph, Tiananmen Square June 4th, 1989
Camera
Obscura - In the dark about the camera obscura? Get exposed to
its nuances here
Abeldaro
Morell - A contemporary photographer who uses the camera obscura
Vermeer's
Camera - An interesting support site for a book of the same name;
see how the artist who painted "The Girl with the Pearl Earring" used
the camera to help him draw
Optical
Allusions - An article about artist David Hockney's claims regarding
optical devices in early paintings
The
Looking Glass - Another article (this one from the New Yorker)
about Hockney's research into optical drawing methods
Niepce's
Image - Another good article about Niepce's first photograph
Henry
Ransom Center & First Photograph - Niepce's first photograph
is housed at the Ransom center in Austin, TX. If you like mystery stories,
you'll love the account of how it was found and why it's in Texas.
Legends
Online - Photo District News' section devoted to photographic
legends. Scroll to the Photographer Portfolios section at the bottom
of the page.
Ansel
Adams at 100 - A well-written article from The Atlantic Monthly
magazine (hence the well-written part) about the Adams exhibition
of the same name
Ansel
Adams at 100 - A site from the San Francisco Museum of Modern
Art; lots of pictures and info
The
Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction - Walter
Benjamin's seminal essay, filled with great, sprawling concepts
that are as relevent in today's digital age as they were during
Benjamin's Marxist time
Photocast
Network - A clearing house for some of the best photography
podcasts on the 'net (and no, I'm not just saying that because Camera
Position is one of the listed podcasts... honest)
The
Candid Frame - Podcast interviews with photographers; great
stuff
Bill Jay on
Photography - One of the great photo writers of
our time on the web. Great portraits of photographers, too.
Center -
Formerly the Santa Fe Center for Photography; a great source
for information about current photo events
SF CameraWork -
A San Francisco non-profit photo organization
Area
of Design - A very cool website about all aspects of the
visual arts. Check out their blog,
too.
Photoshelter - An outstanding photosharing site. See their
rotation of "best of" images below and think about
how photography's history is being right now....
Syllabus
for this course (pdf in a new page) 
Podcasts of
lectures, lecture presentation slides & Handouts (new page)
Blackboard
- Assignments and Course Management (new page)
Using
Technology in this Course (pdf in a new page)
The
textbook is available at the COD Bookstore or at Amazon
A
set of web links that you should find useful for this course.