History of Women Photographers from 1880 -1920 – 6 sessions, Mondays from 1 – 2:30 pm EST -ONLINE

Join us for a conversation with Carole Glauber on the History of Women Photographers, 1880-1920. You will be introduced to many of the amazing early female American photographers and will discuss the role of women photographers during this period within the context of the social, cultural, and technological times. Six 1.5 hour ONLINE sessions Mondays from 1 – 2:30 pm EST  October 25th – Nov 29th 2021 Cost: Members: $250 Non-Members: $300   Course Syllabus: Week1   Why study only women? Introductions Who were the earliest women photographers? 1873: To retouch or not to retouch: “What a Retoucher Can [Say] on This Touchy Subject” Culture, technology, and the social scene   Week 2   1880-1890 Women photographers: the professional and the amateur “Work for Women in Photography,” 1883 Catherine Weed Barnes: “A Private Studio” Culture, technology, social scene   Week 3 1890’s The invention that changed photography around the world; (it was not a camera). Clubs, competitions, and collaborations The Ladies of the Chicago Camera Club Culture, technology, social scene   Week 4 late 1890’s-early 1900’s A 1901 writer: The woman who does not understand the use of the camera…is an exception,” A mini-Renaissance Camerists or photographers? Pictorialism: Every picture tells a story. Photography as Art Motherhood and the camera   Week 5   1900’s continues: Portraits, nature, love and the New Woman The Photo Secession and women. Recording daily life: the first street photographers, aerial photography, photo-journalists, traveling alone with a camera.   Week 6  1910-1920 Myra Albert Wiggins: A Case Study The Clarence White School and women photographers Modernism   Instructor: Carole Glauber