Module Details

Module Code: PHOT C2803
Module Title: History of Photography
Title: History of Photography
Module Level:: 7
Credits:: 5
Module Coordinator: Myles Kelly
Module Author:: Eleanor OLeary
Domains:  
Module Description: The module aims to equip students with a broad understanding of the cultural and technological advancements in photography, from its origins to the advent of digital photography.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Ability to communicate significant developments in the history of photography
LO2 Deepen critical understanding of images as social representation and communication
LO3 Develop knowledge of theories on photography
LO4 Research and produce an academic project on photography
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.
No recommendations listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Additional Requisite Information
No Co Requisites listed
 
Indicative Content
Early origins
Art - science -image - Daguerre, Talbot, Niépce
Early Photography
Recording the world, colonialism, photography and the "other", medical photography, war photography, police photography, carte-de-visite
Photography and Art
Nudes, machines, motion, artists, everyday life
War and photojournalism
Reporting on war and crime, camera as witness, documentary photography
Photography and the modern age
Fashion photography, portraiture, personal photography, art photography, pushing the boundaries, more problems with representation
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Project80.00%
Practical20.00%

Assessments

Full Time

Continuous Assessment
Assessment Type Project % of Total Mark 100
Timing n/a Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
Written project (80%) with small practice element (20%)
No Project
No Practical
No End of Module Formal Examination
Reassessment Requirement
Coursework Only
This module is reassessed solely on the basis of re-submitted coursework. There is no repeat written examination.

SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Workload Category Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact In class delivery Every Week 3.00 3
Independent Learning Time Non Contact Reading, research, preparation of assignments Every Week 6.00 6
Total Weekly Contact Hours 3.00
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Mary Warner Marien. (2021), Photography: A Cultural History, 5th. Laurence King Publishing, London, [ISBN: 978020598894].
  • John Berger. (2013), Understanding a Photograph, reissue. Aperture, [ISBN: 9781597112567].
  • John Berger. (1991), About Looking, Vintage, p.205, [ISBN: 9780679736554].
  • Susan Sontag. (2004), Regarding the Pain of Others, Macmillan, p.131, [ISBN: 9780312422196].
  • Liz Wells. (2021), Photography: A critical intruduction, 6th. Routledge, [ISBN: 9780367222758].
  • Liz Wells (ed). (2019), The Photography Cultures Reader Representation, Agency and Identity, Routledge, London, [ISBN: 978041574920].
  • Richard Salkeld. (2019), Reading Photographs, Bloomsbury Visual Arts, p.184, [ISBN: 9781350092075].
  • Jennifer Good,Paul Lowe. (2019), Understanding Photojournalism, Bloomsbury Visual Arts, p.208, [ISBN: 9781526612236].
  • Gillian Rose. (2016), Visual Methodologies, Sage Publications Limited, p.456, [ISBN: 9781473948907].
  • John Tagg. (1993), The Burden of Representation, Minnesota Press, [ISBN: 9780816624].
  • Ariella Azoulay,Rela Mazali,Ruvik Danieli. (2008), The Civil Contract of Photography, Princeton University Press, [ISBN: 9781890951894].
Recommended Article/Paper Resources
  • Walter Benjamin. The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction.
This module does not have any other resources
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