Midterm topics/presentation assignments

*NOTE that ALL midterms (10% of your grade) are due on the same day (Monday, 4/29). Only the presentations will take place during the weeks noted. You must be physically present for your presentation in order to receive credit for it (5% of your grade).

PDFs of the midterm presentations are linked to each person’s name.

 War I (present during Week 5, Weds. 5/1):
Frank Hurley’s WWI photos – Aaron
Lee Miller – Kaylee
Hiroshima photography – Madeleine
photography of war ruins – Greggor
Viet Nam war – Madi 

War II (present during Week 6, Mon. 5/6 and Weds. 5/8):
Kevin Carter – Taeko *on Monday, everyone else will go on Wednesday 
Syrian conflict photos – John
photography of the Iraq/Afghanistan wars – Simon
photography and the Dirty Wars/Disappeared – Michelle
Steve McCurry – Amanda
photography in the DRC – Jessica

Social change (present during Week 7, Mon. 5/13 and Weds. 5/15):
Jacob Riis – Jacqueline *presenting on Monday, 5/13 – the rest go on Weds. 5/15
Sebastiao Salgado – Ilona
Mary Ellen Mark – Haley
Robert Frank’s Americans – Zoe
contemporary philanthropy – Meghan
images of famine – Dave 

Othering (present during Week 8, Weds. 5/22):
photographs of lynchings and/or executions – Jay
– prostitution – Lauren, Erica
Charcot’s hospital – Andrianna
Blood – Morgan

Memory (present during Week 10, Mon. 6/3):
*since Wednesday, 6/5 is our last day of class, I’m going to ask you to present on Monday so we can have Wednesday to wrap up
Christian Boltanski – Daniel
Rwandan genocide – Luke

 

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