WEEK 1 (September 29 & October 1): Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida
Monday, September 29: Course Introduction. Form Groups. Class meeting via Zoom:
Wednesday, October 1: Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography. Forward: p. ix-xvii. Part One: p. 3-60.
Group 1: Forward, p. ix-xvii and p. 3-7.
Group 2: p. 8-21.
Group 3: p. 23-34 (up until part 15).
Group 4: p. 34-45.
Group 5: p. 47-60.
WEEK 2 (October 6 & 8): Camera Lucida, Walter Benjamin, On Photography and Susan Sontag, On Photography.
Monday, October 6: Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography. Part Two: p. 63-119.
Group 1: p. 63-72.
Group 2: p. 73-82 (up until part 35).
Group 3: p. 82-91.
Group 4: p. 92-100 (up until part 42).
Group 5: p. 100-119.
Wednesday, October 8: Walter Benjamin, On Photography.
Group 1: Introduction, p. 7-29.
Group 2: Introduction, p. 29-47 (start at bottom of page),
Group 3: p. 59-94 (21 pages of text and lots of pictures).
Group 4: p. 107-110, p. 113-117, p. 119-121, p. 123-126, p.129-131.
Group 5: p. 133-137, p. 141-142, p. 145-146, p. 147-151.
WEEK 3 (October 13 & 15): LACMA Field Trip on Saturday, October 18. No on campus meetings.
Museum Writing Assignment (Due Monday, October 20 at 2:00PM in class): This is a 3-part assignment:
1) Write a 2-page response to the LACMA: Grounded exhibition. There are so many photographers in this exhibition that will be sources of inspiration for your research papers.
2) Write a 1-page museum response to the LACMA: Tavares Strachan: The Day Tomorrow Began exhibition.
3) With a 1-2 page response to other works of art, exhibitions, the gardens, etc. that interested and impacted you at LACMA.
Alternative Assignment for the SBMA if you do not go to the LACMA (but this means you must go to The Getty for the second field trip). This is a 4-part assignment:
- Write a 1-page response to the SBMA: By Achilles’ Tomb: Elliott Hundley and Antiquity @ SBMA exhibition.
- Write a 1-page response to the SBMA: Mario Giacomelli: La Gente, La Terra exhibition.
- Write a 1-page response to the SBMA: The Impressionist Revolution: Monet to Matisse from the Dallas Museum of Art exhibition.
- Write a 1-page response discussing other works of art or exhibitions that you particularly enjoyed at the SBMA.
Nota Bene: The museum trip is all-day immersive experience, and therefore the museum field trip is in lieu of both of the Art 1A lectures that week (section attendance is as scheduled that week). If you do not go to the museum that week, or do the writing assignment, then you will receive two absences for the missed lectures that week, and you won't be able to do your written assignment that week. Take a selfie at the museum, and works of art that were of interest to you, and include it in your paper as proof of attendance.
WEEK 4 (October 20 & 22): Susan Sontag. On Photography
Monday, October 20: On Photography
Group 1: In Plato’s Cave, p. 3-24.
Group 2: America, Seen Through Photographs, Darkly, p. 27-48.
Group 3: Melancholy Objects, p. 51-82.
Group 4: The Heroism of Vision, p. 85-112.
Group 5: Photographic Evangels, p. 115-149.
Wednesday, October 22: Susan Sontag, On Photography and Mark Sealy, Decolonizing The Camera.
Group 1: The Image World, p. 153-180. Finishing Sontag.
Group 2: p. 106-129. Mark Sealy, "Violence of the Image."
Group 3: p. 130-157. Mark Sealy, "Violence of the Image."
Group 4: p. 158-180. Mark Sealy, "Decolonial Frames."
Group 5: p. 206-223. Mark Sealy, "Rights and Recognition in the Late Twentieth Century."
WEEK 5 (October 27 & 29): Finish Mark Sealy. Michael Fried. Why Photography Matters as Never Before
Monday, October 27: Mark Sealy and Why Photography Matters as Never Before
Group 1: p. 223-240. Mark Sealy, "Rights and Recognition in the Late Twentieth Century."
Group 2: "Three Beginnings," p. 5-18.
Group 3: Bottom of p. 18-35.
Group 4: "Jeff Wall and Absorption," p. 37-62.
Group 5: "Jeff Wall, Wittgenstein, and the Everyday," p. 63-93.
Wednesday, October 27: Why Photography Matters as Never Before
Rough paper topic due: Thursday, October 28 by 6:00PM PT (email it to me)
Group 1: "Barthes’s Punctum'" p. 95-114.
Group 2: "Thomas Struth’s Museum Photographs," p. 115-137.
Group 3: "Thomas Struth’s Museum Photographs," p. 138-142.
Group 4: "Jean-François Chevrier on the Tableau Form," p. 143-161.
Group 5: "Jean-François Chevrier on the Tableau Form," p. 162-189.
WEEK 6 (November 3 & 5): The Getty Center Field Trip on Saturday, November 8. All day trip. No on campus meetings this week.
Museum Writing Assignment (Due Monday, November 10 at 2:00PM in class): This is a 3-part assignment:
1) Write a 1-page response to the Getty: Going Places: Travel in the Middle Ages exhibition.
2) Write a 1-page response to the Getty: Learning to Draw exhibition.
3) Write a 2-page response to the Getty: Discuss what really impressed you about your experience at the Getty. This is includes the Getty Gardens, any exhibitions or specific works of art that really impacted you, or anything else that was noteworthy. Take lots of pictures to help you process your experience.
Alternative Assignment for the SBMA if you do not go to The Getty Center (but this means you must have gone to LACMA for the first field trip). This is a 4-part assignment:
- Write a 1-page response to the SBMA: By Achilles’ Tomb: Elliott Hundley and Antiquity @ SBMA exhibition.
- Write a 1-page response to the SBMA: Mario Giacomelli: La Gente, La Terra exhibition.
- Write a 1-page response to the SBMA: The Impressionist Revolution: Monet to Matisse from the Dallas Museum of Art exhibition.
- Write a 1-page response discussing other works of art or exhibitions that you particularly enjoyed at the SBMA.
Nota Bene: The museum trip is all-day immersive experience, and therefore the museum field trip is in lieu of both of the Art 1A lectures that week (section attendance is as scheduled that week). If you do not go to the museum that week, or do the writing assignment, then you will receive two absences for the missed lectures that week, and you won't be able to do your written assignment that week. Take a selfie at the museum, and works of art that were of interest to you, and include it in your paper as proof of attendance.
WEEK 7 (November 10 & 12): Michael Fried. Why Photography Matters as Never Before
Monday, November 10:
Group 1: "Portraits," p. 191-210.
Group 2: "Portraits." p. 211-233.
Group 3: "Street Photography Revisited," p. 235-259.
Group 4: "Thomas Demand’s Allegories of Intention," p. 261-281.
Group 5: "Thomas Demand’s Allegories of Intention," p. 281-302.
Wednesday, November 12: Finish remaining chapters from Michael Fried. Why Photography Matters as Never Before.
Conclusion: "Why Photography Matters as Never Before," p. 335-352. (Group 5)
Wednesday, April 12:
Group 1: "Good Versus Bad Objecthood," p. 303-309.
Group 2: "Good Versus Bad Objecthood," p. 318-333.
Group 3: "Why Photography Matters as Never Before," p. 335-340.
Group 4:
Group 5: "Why Photography Matters as Never Before," p. 347-352.
WEEK 8 (November 17 & 19): Paper Presentations (Approximately 12 minutes each)
Monday, November 17: Paper Presentations
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Wednesday, November 19: Paper Presentations
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WEEK 9 (November 24 & 26): Paper Presentations
Monday, November 24: Paper Presentations
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Wednesday, November 26: Paper Presentations (Via Zoom for Thanksgiving)
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WEEK 10 (December 1 & 3): Paper Presentations
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Wednesday, December 3: Paper Presentations
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Research Paper Due: Paper Due Saturday, December 6 by 8:00 PM PT.
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