# Photography — Light Writing

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Category: Art
Slides: 18
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:17:32.776Z
Tags: art, photography

## Summary

From the Greek phos (light) and graphein (to write). The medium that ate memory; the medium of the twentieth century; the medium you carry on your person right now. Key sections include: Photo­ graphy.; Niépce · Daguerre · Talbot.; The Wet-Plate Studio.; The Decisive Moment.; Documentary & the Eye of the Depression.; The Portfolio Wall.; Robert Frank · The Americans.; The Print, the Negative, the File.; Diane Arbus · The Look Back.; Color Arrives, Late..

## Slide Outline

1. Photo­ graphy.
2. Niépce · Daguerre · Talbot.
3. The Wet-Plate Studio.
4. The Decisive Moment.
5. Documentary & the Eye of the Depression.
6. The Portfolio Wall.
7. Robert Frank · The Americans.
8. The Print, the Negative, the File.
9. Diane Arbus · The Look Back.
10. Color Arrives, Late.
11. The Camera Becomes the Phone.
12. The Cropping Question.
13. Fashion, Magazine.
14. The Photographic Series.
15. The Photograph as Document, As Lie.
16. How To Look At a Photograph.
17. Watch List.
18. End plate.

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