Tutorial 1

In this lesson we talked about the DVD we watched yesterday, not that we have a lot of work to discuss today.

we discussed:

that photography is a democratic medium.

Photography, Is it art, or is it not art?

that photography is indexical.

and that when reading text we need to establish when it was written, and the language of the time.

we also spoke about the hand outs that we were given last lesson, "photography and australia" - Helen Ennis, "Daguerrotype" - Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre & "Contemporary thoughts on the history of photography" - Grant B.Romer.

we were encoraged to purchase the book "Looking at photographs – Gordon Baldwin"


not a very big class today as it is the 1st lesson we have had.

History of photography lesson 1

Going to the:
National archives
Library
Sydney over night – find own accommodation

There will be a series of short exercises’ like last semester and a test at the end of the year.


MOVIE TODAY
“The genius of photography”
[on youtube as well.]