From: Maureen E. Duncan (meduncan@ssa.uchicago.edu)
Date: 11/03/00-04:51:28 PM Z
I rarely post to the list, but thought I'd give my two cents this time. I
just recently graduated from university, and every elective spot I had
open, filled it with a photography course. While I truly had a desire to
learn in whatever couse I was enrolled, there were often students
that were just taking it to fulfill a requirement of one kind or another.
So, here's a list of the photographers that I remember sparking the most
intrest (and yes, Mapplethorpe was always covered, but perhaps
surprisingly, there was less student intrest than with other
photographers)...
- Edward Weston
- Timothy O'Sullivan
- Man Ray
- Julia Margaret Cameron
- Cartier-Bresson
These are the people in which the classes a a whole were most interested,
not whom I personally would pick (if I could, though, I'd take out the
last two names and replace them with Imogen Cunningham and Paul
Outerbridge, but that's just me).
If you're including anything in your lecture about the history of the
photographic process itself, people always seemed interested in methods
that were hazerdous to ones health. I recall two classes I was in being
very excited to discuss the use of mercury and tragedies that ensued as a
result.
Anyway, I am by no means an expert, but having recently been in classes
where the eyes of many had glazed over in boredom, I thought I might be
able to help. Hope this was of some use.
If you'd like a more detailed explaination of how or why each of the five
I listed elicited a response, I'd be happy to give one, just let me know
(but I can't do it until Monday, sorry).
--Maureen
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