History of Photography Podcast

Photo History – Spring 09 : Art Institute of Chicago Field Trip

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. The Art Institute of Chicago: * The AIC Photography Department * The AIC Photo Study Room

Photo History Intersession – January 14

The 5th and final Photo History Intersession commemorates the anniversary of the death of 19th century photographer Charles Dodgeson. Dodgeson, better known by his writing pen name of Lewis Carroll, was an important and interesting photographer as well as an author. Alice Liddell - Photograph by Charles Dodgeson aka Lewis Carroll [http://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/alice_liddell_2.jpg]Alice Liddell by Julia Margaret Cameron [http://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/alice-jc.jpg]http://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/alice_liddell_2.jpg Alice Liddell – Photograph by Charles Dodgeson aka Lewis Carroll (left) and Julia Margaret Cameron (right) Click images for larger views

Photo History Intersession – January 05

The 4th Photo History Intersession looks at two rather dramatically opposed technical applications of photography: The first X-Ray image, made by Wilhelm Röntgen in 1896 and the first auroral (northern lights) photograph made by Martin Brendel in 1892. z1 [http://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/z1.jpg] aurora1892-02-01 [http://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/aurora1892-02-01.jpg] (left) First X-Ray image by Wilhelm Röntgen – 1896 & (right) First auroral (northern lights) photograph by Martin Brendel (1892)

Photo History Intersession – January 01

In the third History of Photography Intersession, we look at some interesting events from January first, as we commemorate the birth date of photographer William Klein, the anniversary of the death of Edward Weston, some facts about George Eastman and his inventions and the birth of the Associated Press Wirephoto. * William Klein at Masters of Photography [http://www.masters-of-photography.com/K/klein/klein.html] * William Klein’s book New York at Amazon [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1899235256?ie=UTF8&tag=camerposit-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1899235256] * Edward Weston at Masters of Photography [http://www.masters-of-photography.com/W/weston/weston.html] * Edward Weston’s Daybooks at Amazon [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0893814458?ie=UTF8&tag=camerposit-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0893814458] * George Eastman Biography from Kodak.com [http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/kodakHistory/eastmanTheMan.shtml] * The Associated Press [http://www.ap.org/]

Photo History Intersession – December 29

The second “intersession” history of photography podcast commemorates the anniversary of the death of French photographer Robert Demachy, who was active around the turn of the 20th century, as photography was trying to find its artistic self. * Robert Demachy at The Art of the Photogravure [http://www.photogravure.com/collection/searchResults.php?page=1&artist=Demachy,%20Robert&view=small]