Summary: Photography as a form of transportation is the topic for class #5. We look at how the advent of wet-plate collodion technology spurred the advance of travel and landscape photography, with a special emphasis on photography of the American west. There is also a brief exploration of 20th century photographers who went “on the road” as well as a look at the way 21st Century technology like Google Earth, Gigapan and Photosynth are changing the way in which we are able to see the distant parts of the globe for ourselves. I’m Tweeting during my class lectures now. Follow me @jeffcurto and look for the hashtag #photohistory or see the twitter feed on the right side of this blog page. Slides from this class session Handout from this class session
