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Seminar Description

From stereographic views and slide presentations to picture postcards or casual Kodak snapshots, tourism and photography are inextricably linked. Photographs capture would-be-traveler's imagination and provide indelible memories of places visited. This seminar traces the development of travel photography beginning with the nineteenth-century surveyors who reached the Western frontier via wagon trains to the early twentieth-century adventurers whose journeys by cruise ship, rail or automobile fueled a growing tourist industry.

Three sessions. Registration – $170

Margaret Denny is an art historian who holds a PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She teaches courses on photography history at colleges and universities in Chicago. Her research addresses American and British women photographers.

Materials List

Required:

• A selection of shorter materials distributed by the instructor.

First Reading:

• There is no reading assignment for the first session of this seminar.

Registration Information

Online registration opens at 9 am (CDT) on Tuesday, September 1st.

Please note: Due to COVID-19, the Adult Education Seminars staff is working remotely and will be unable to process registration over the phone. For more information about registration, including a guide to online registration, see our Registration Information page. Questions? Please contact seminars program staff via email at seminars@newberry.org.

We offer a 10% discount to members, seniors, and students.

This seminar is part of the Newberry’s Adult Education Seminars Program. Learn more about registering for a seminar, program policies, or teaching a seminar.