So last time we are talking about world war ii photography, and the ways that photographers interacted with the war, and tried to capture the war. We ended last time on looking at this image right here the mushroom cloud, that emerged after dropping the atomic bomb on nagasaki in 1945. In many ways, this marks the end of world war ii, but in many ways it marks the beginning of the cold war. Of course nuclear dread, and anxiety hovered over the conflict during the 19 fifties and sixties and even through the 19 eighties to the end of the conflict. Its a fitting image to begin our cost today and we are thinking a lot of photography during the cold war, specifically american photography during the cold war. This is something one could imagine maybe an entire course on the subject. Thinking about general themes in case studies, but also in the meantime along the way to talk about some advances in Media Technology and how newspapers were printing photographs during these years. But before we
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Tv, Wake Forest University Professor John curley teaches a class on how the cold war infliei influenced and was influenced by photography. This is about an hour ten minutes. So last time we were talking about world war ii photography and the ways that photographers interacted with the cwar. We ended looking at this image last year. The Mushroom Cloud that emerged after the dropping of the atomic bomb on nagasaki. This image, of course, marks the end of world war ii. In many ways it marks the beginning of the cold war. Of course, nuclear dread and Nuclear Anxiety hovered over the conflict during the 1950s and 1960s and up through the 1980s to the end of the conflict. Its a fitting image to begin our class today. We will think a lot about photography during the cold war. Specifically, american photography during the cold war. This is a massive topic. One could imagine a course on the subject. General themes as well as case studies and in the meantime, along the way, talk about some advan
Nagasaki in 1945. It marked the end of world war ii but marks the beginning of the cold war. Nuclear dread, Nuclear Anxiety hovered over the conflict during the 1950s and 1960s and even up to the 1980s to the end of the conflict. A fitting image to begin our class today. Today we think a lot about photography during the cold war, specifically american photography during the cold war. Imagine a week or two or even course of the subject think about general themes as well as case studies and in the meantime talk about some advances in Media Technology and how newspapers were printing photographs during these years. Before we get into photography, should make sure we understand what the cold war is. As we get further and further removed from it becomes more fuzzy and the collective unconscious. Of course the cold war was the ideological battle between the United States and the soviet union. Which began after world war ii, around 1945 and goes all the way to 1989. Then, of course, the allie