Università Roma Tre

The course is divided in two sections, each composed of 9 lessons. The first is dedicated to the history of photography. The second analyses – in collaboration with Alessandra Mauro - the concept of Photographic Exhibition, starting from "War is Over!", the exhibition that both of them, together with Gabriele D'Autilia have curated, first in Rome, Palazzo Braschi, then in Milan, Spazio Forma.

Enrico Menduni, La fotografia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2008, available also in e-book.
Alessandra Mauro, Paul-Louis Roubert, Photoshow: Landmark Exhibitions that Defined the History of Photography, London, Thames & Hudson, 2014
Gabriele D’Autilia ed Enrico Menduni (eds.), L’Italia della Liberazione nelle immagini dei U.S. Signal Corps e dell’Istituto Luce, 1943-1946, Roma, Contrasto, 2015-16 Both editions are eligible: red cover (Rome), blue cover (Milan).

Reference books must be mandatorily implemented with slides, lesson audio recordings, papers and documents available on www.mediastudies.it
Students not mastering Italian can apply to the docent and assistants to be addressed to textbooks in other languages.

The course is divided in two sections, each composed of 9 lessons. The first is dedicated to the history of photography. The second analyses – in collaboration with Alessandra Mauro - the concept of Photographic Exhibition, starting from "War is Over!", the exhibition that both of them, together with Gabriele D'Autilia have curated, first in Rome, Palazzo Braschi, then in Milan, Spazio Forma.

Enrico Menduni, La fotografia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2008, disponibile anche in formato e-book.
Alessandra Mauro (a cura di), Photoshow: le mostre che hanno segnato la storia della fotografia, Roma, Contrasto, 2014
Gabriele D’Autilia ed Enrico Menduni (a cura di), L’Italia della Liberazione nelle immagini dei U.S. Signal Corps e dell’Istituto Luce, 1943-1946, Roma, Contrasto, 2015-16 (sono valide sia l'edizione con copertina rossa (Roma) che blu (Milano).

Ai testi è necessario obbligatoriamente aggiungere la conoscenza dei materiali (slides, registrazioni audio delle lezioni, documentazioni, approfondimenti) presentati sul sito www.mediastudies.it.