CORE 003 SC - Snapshots, Portraits, Instagram

This course uses Instagram to explore the prehistory of this popular technological and social medium. It examines the history of snapshots and photographic portraits since 1839, emphasizing the fascination with new technologies: photographic dissemination and circulation; and photography’s relation to traditional art forms, commercial exploitation, and construction of social communities.

Course Credit: 1.0

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