Università Roma Tre

This lecture class offers an introduction to the history of photographic languages, practices, and cultures from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. Lectures will focus on the close reading of different types of photographic texts (including individual images, series, photo-texts, books, and exhibitions) and will discuss case studies associated with the crucial moments in the medium's affirmation as an intellectual and artistic field.

Regular students

For the final exam, students are responsible for the following text, including all photographs and artworks reproduced therein:
► A. Gunthert, M. Poivert (eds), Storia della fotografia dalle origini ai giorni nostri (Milan: Electa, 2009), pp. 303-598.


Distant learning

For the final exam, certified "distant learning students" are required to study the following texts, including all photographs and artworks reproduced therein:
► A. Gunthert, M. Poivert (eds), Storia della fotografia dalle origini ai giorni nostri (Milan: Electa, 2009), pp. 303-598.
► W. Guadagnini (ed.), Guadagnini (a cura di), La fotografia. Una nuova visione del mondo 1891-1940 (Genève-Milan, Skira, 2012), pp. 86-107, 162-179, 228-297;
► W. Guadagnini (ed), La fotografia. Dalla stampa al museo 1941-1980 (Genève-Milan, Skira, 2013), pp. 120-145, 196-213;
► R. Krauss, "Photography's Discursive Spaces: Landscape/View", «Art Journal», Vol. 42, No. 4, The Crisis in the Discipline (Winter, 1982), pp. 311-319.