History of Photography Seminars
1. The Prehistories of European Art
A background to the history of art from a neolithic perspective
2. The Camera during the Renaissance
The origins of the camera obscura and it's utilisation in the sixteeenth and seventeeth centuries
3. Photography and Dutch 17th C. Painting
The influence of Dutch painting on early nineteenth century photography
4. Before Photography
The revelation of photography came in 1839, but utilised knowledge from earlier science and technology.
5. Foreign Travellers and English Naturalists
During the later nineteenth century travel and landscape were an inspiration to artists working with photography
6. Models of 19th Century Practice
A comparative study of two contemporary landscape photographers; Roger Fenton in England and Gustave le Gray in France.
7. The Viennese Secession and Pictorialism
The influence of the European avant garde on early twentieth century American and British photography.
8. Modernism and Photography
Photography finds a visual language of it's own
9. American Beats
The unique contribution of American photographers
10. Mid 20th Century British Photography
The diversity of practice in British photography.
11. 70 Photographers
12. 21st Century Photography
The end of classical chemical photography and the arrival of the new digital media.