Kulturraumstudien USA, Homework for December 4th

 ***Please note that, due to Project Week, there will be NO class session in the last week of November.***

For homework, please: 

- read pp. 5-8 (starting with "Photographs furnish evidence" and ending with "...so the reaction against these uses reinforced the self-consciousness of photography-as-art.") of On Photography featured in the "Sontag On Photograph" folder on ILU. Sontag's language can be difficult, so take your time with her sentences and bring in any questions you might have to our next session.

- have a look at the following playlist from PBS and watch at least two episodes of "The Bigger Picture": https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzkQfVIJun2KjGl3Oo-QNPZVSqsSCBGgr

Take notes as you watch the videos and bring in some of the most interesting findings to our next class session.

- In On Photography, Susan Sontag writes, "From its start, photography implied the capture of the largest possible number of subjects. Painting never had so imperial a scope. The subsequent industrialization of camera technology only carried out a promise inherent in photography from its very beginning: to democratize all experiences by translating them into images" (pg. 7). Select 3-5 US photographs taken between 1890 and 1950 and consider whether this quote applies to them. Bring your findings with you to class. (There are two links below which might help you in finding images.)