In May 2024, I started a fairly new Udemy Course about the History of Photography as taught by art historian, Dr. Kristen Hutchinson. There are actually two courses, this one, which covers the History of Photography from 1839 - 1930s; and a second course which covers the History of Photography from the 1930s - 2010s.

The lectures are offered in a survey style of the medium of photography, and they are nice and in-depth, and I am taking notes in a physical notebook as I watch the various lectures that the course offers. Those notes I’m going to keep offline, but I have also started a second KEY WORKS notebook, where I am writing down the key works and information about them as informed by my recollection of the lectures and further information I’ve found online. That information is what I’m recording on this blog, so I can easily reference them on the go, by having a repository online that I can access anytime.

The topics that this first course covers are as follows:

Lecture 01: The Origins of Photography: Niépce, Daguerre, & Talbot (1839-1845)
Lecture 02: Portraiture & the Carte-de-Viste (1839-1900)
Lecture 03: Science & Anthropology (1845-1900)
Lecture 04: Photography, Colonialism, & Topographical Surveys (1850-1900)
Lecture 05: Photography & Pictorialism (1850-1920)
Lecture 06: Photography & Modernity (1890-1925)
Lecture 07: Photography & Movement (1878-1930s)
Lecture 08: Early War Photography (1850-1918)
Lecture 09: Photography, Dada, & the USSR (1920s)
Lecture 10: Photography & Surrealism (1920s & 1930s)