Photography Begins

Cod y Modiwl: AH11820
Teitl y Modiwl: Photography Begins
Blwyddyn Academaidd: 2025/2026
Semester: Semester 1
Cyd-gysylltydd y Modiwl: Miss Eleanor West
Rhestr Ddarllen: Gweld ar Aspire
Staff Eraill sy'n Cyfrannu: Dr Naomi Pearce; Miss Eleanor West

Dulliau Asesu

Math o Asesiad	Manylion Asesiad	Cyfran
Asesiad Semester	Illustrated Essay: 2500 Words	80%
Asesiad Semester	Written Response: 500 Words	20%
Asesiad Ailsefyll	Illustrated Essay: 2500 Words	80%
Asesiad Ailsefyll	Written Response: 500 Words	20%

Canlyniadau Dysgu

Wedi cwblhau'r modiwl dylai'r myfyrwyr fedru:

Identify and classify major movements in 19th and early 20th century photography.
Recognise major 19th and early 20th century photographic processes.
Demonstrate an understanding of 19th and early 20th century trends in photography.
Identify and interpret works by key 19th and early 20th century photographers.
Explain how photography heralded a visual revolution for societies world-wide.

Disgrifiad cryno

This module begins with the invention of photography by a small cluster of brilliant and often radical thinkers. Case studies taken from the first 100 years of photography are used to explore the photograph as a carrier of ideas. You will delve into subjects such as portraiture, travel, science, war and propaganda, as well as the relationship between photography and historical narratives and events. The emergence of photography as fine art is also considered.

You will have the opportunity to examine rare and original photographic prints from the collections of the National Library of Wales and the School of Art Museum.

Cynnwys

1.
Introduction. Readings. Assignments. Field trip. Blackboard. ‘Opticks’ and the origins of Photography. Philosophical Inquiries and Concepts centred on Light and Light Capture.
2.
The 'Official' Invention (1839): Niepce, Daguerre and Talbot.
3.
Exploring early photographs at the National Library of Wales.
4.
A New Language: War, Travel and the Portrait.
5.
A New Art: Romance, Polemics and Recantations.
6.
New Momentum, New Directions.
7.
Photo-Modernism: American Realism/European Experimental before 1945.
8.
Politics and the Camera: Social(ist) Commentaries (1840s-1950s).
9.
Documents and Narratives: Politics and Ideology as Photographic Form.
10.
Margaret Bourke-White: War, Fortune and Steel.
11.
Bill Brandt and Robert Frank: Documentary to Art.

Sgiliau Modiwl

Math o Sgiliau	Manylion Sgiliau
Cyfathrebu	Articulating ideas orally in seminar discussions and textually through essay.
Datblygu personol a chynllunio gyrfa	Emphasis on professional presentation of research and essay plan using MLA style documentation.
Datrys Problemau	In seminar preparation and discussion, essay research and writing.
Gwaith Tim	n/a
Gwella dysgu a pherfformiad ei hun	Independent study through assignment research and preparation; written and oral feedback, and essay.
Rhifedd	n/a
Sgiliau pwnc penodol	Ability to visually analyze photographs, set them in their historical context, draw explanatory connections between photographic approaches, critically engage with primary and secondary sources, compose and justify arguments about photographic history.
Sgiliau ymchwil	In seminar preparation, conducting research for essay, compiling essay plan.
Technoleg Gwybodaeth	Conducting research through library catalogues, online scholarly databases and museum websites; engaging with digital platforms like Blackboard, Turnitin, Panopto.

Nodau

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