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AH4142 Aspects of Modern Photography, 1910 - 1955

Academic year

2026 to 2027 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

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SCQF level

SCQF level 10

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Availability restrictions

Not automatically available to General Degree students

Planned timetable

tba

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Module coordinator

Prof N A Adamson

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Module Staff

Dr N Adamson

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Module description

This module traces the history of European and American photography during the first part of the twentieth century. Through a consideration of aesthetics, theoretical issues and technical features in tandem with their social and political context, key aspects of photographic practice will be examined, such as: the role of the photograph as art or document; portrait, fashion, advertising and press photography; the photobook; modernist and avant-garde photographic aesthetics (such as New Vision, Surrealism); the practice of women photographers and the representation of gender and sexuality; photography exhibitions; family, snapshot and anonymous photography.

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100% (including Time Restricted Visual Analysis Test = 35%)

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 lecture hour (x11 weeks) and 2 seminar hours (x11 weeks); 2 office hours (x12 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours

33

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

280

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.