ART 4 - History of Photography

    Recent Professors
    James Moore
    Recent Semesters
    Summer 2026, Summer 2025, Summer 2024
    Class Size
    30–40 students
    Credits
    3
    Summer 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3A · IGETC Area 3A · CSU GE Area C1
    Description
    A comprehensive multicultural survey of the history of photography from its invention to the present which includes a critical examination of its relationship to the fine arts as well as its social impact. Course content will explore analog and digital photography, photographic impact on social change and identity, visual concepts, photographic inventions and artworks, photographic mediums and processes, and photographic tools and equipment.