
Introduction to the history of photography
Discover the history of photography
- Find inspiration and ideas from pioneer and master photographers
- Learn about photography within historical art movements
- Explore the effect of the new medium on everyday life
- Study photography’s chemical and technological development
Schedule and pricing
- Each photo course is comprised of five two-hour sessions
- Individual course, flexible schedule: daytimes or evenings weekdays or weekend
- Schedule your classes directly with Oliver : oliver.ohanlon@me.com
- Valid 12 months
- CHF 800.-
Overview
Photography has become the the main medium for image-making and visual communication since its development in the nineteenth century. This five-part course introduces you to past and present photographic practices and cultures. You don’t need previous knowledge of photography or history of art. We will view images made by important contributors to photography’s histories, as well as images that are important less for who made them than for their power within the discourses of mass culture. We will also learn about various technical processes, the camera’s evolution, and the vocabulary and issues of photographic theory. You will experiment with historical practices and aesthetics by completing four homework assignments.
What you will learn
- The first one hundred years 1826-1926: before 1826, the inventors, pictorialism, chemical processes, camera technology, straight photography
- Pioneer photographers: Roger Fenton, Edward Curtis, Mathew Brady, Eadweard Muybridge, Alfred Steigletz, Edward Steichen, Man Ray, Nadar, Jean-Jaques Lartigue, Paul Strand, Ansel Adams and Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Humanistic photography: the farm security administration, the family of man, the concerned photographer, photojournalism
- Photography within fine art movements: dada, surrealism, mixed media, pop-art, modernism, abstraction, the california modernists, snap-shot aesthetic and the new social landscape
- 20th century master photographers: Weegee, Robert Capa, Eugene Smith, Philippe Halsman, Eilliot Erwit, Diane Arbus, William Klein, Richard Averdon, Gordon Parks, Helmut Newton, Robert Frank, Cindy Sherman, Don McCullin, William Eggleston, Nan Goldin, Martin Parr
Program
- Class 1: the first one hundred years 1826-1926
- Class 2: pioneer photographers
- Class 3: humanistic photography
- Class 4: photography within historical fine art movements
- Class 5: 20th century master photographers
- Homework is assigned each week, your photographs are reviewed the following class with specific technical, aesthetic and artistic feedback
Address
- Oliver O’Hanlon Photography
- 88 Rue de Saint-Jean, 1201 Geneva
- Public transport: bus 7 stop Ormeaux tram 15 stop Mercier
- Walking: 4 minutes from Manor department store or 6 minutes Cornavin railway station
Gift voucher
- To offer this course as a present you can purchase a gift voucher with this link
- We can send you an A5 printed gift voucher card in the mail