Stop-motion photography as practiced by Edweard Muybridge and Etienne-Jules Marey and others is the topic of class session number eight. These experiments with stop-motion photography ultimately led to the development of motion pictures by Edison. Slides for this class session Handout for this class session Library Resource - Connections video Share This

A slightly shorter class session, as we cover two smaller topics: 1) the ideas surrounding stereoscopic photography and 2) the way 19th century photographers handled the problems of photographing standard subjects. Slides for this class session Handout for this class session Share This

From the very beginning of the medium, photographers have wanted to portray their sense of wonder and awe in the face of the natural world through the camera’s lens, often offering up nature as the Great American Cathedral. This romantic tradition continues, but the mid-20th century saw a change in the way photographers looked at [...]

Class session #6 looks at the interaction between painting and photography since before photography’s invention through the late 20th century. Slides from this class session Handout from this class session Share This

Field Trip! The Photo History class visits the The Mary L. and Leigh B. Block Photography Study Room at the Art Institute of Chicago, giving us the opportunity to see original images from the history of the medium, including this extraordinary image of Frederick Douglass by Samuel J. Miller. The Art Institute of [...]

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