Suggested readings

At the Bachelor entrance exam, students must demonstrate basic knowledge of history of photography and visual arts of 19^th to 21^st centuries.

Suggested readings for preparation

• Steve Edwards, Photography: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2006.
• Hal Foster et al., Art Since 1900. Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism. London: Thames & Hudson 2011.
• Ashley la Grange, Basic Critical Theory for Photographers. Amsterdam: Elsevier 2005.
• Susan Sontag, On Photography. London: Penguin Books 1977.
• Alan Trachtenberg, Classic Essays on Photography. New Haven, Conn.: Leete’s Island Books 1980.

At the Master entrance exam, students must demonstrate advanced knowledge of the history of photography, visual arts and culture of 19^th to 21^st centuries.

Suggested readings for preparation

• Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida. Reflections on Photography. New York: Hill and Wang 1981.
• Geoffrey Batchen, Each Wild Idea: Writing, Photography, History. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press 2001.
• Vilém Flusser, Towards a Philosophy of Photography. London: Reaktion Books 2000.
• Hal Foster et al., Art Since 1900. Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism. London: Thames & Hudson 2011.
• Vicki Goldberg (ed.), Photography in Print: Writings from 1816 to the Present. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press 1981.
• Mary Warner Marien, Photography: A Cultural History. London: Laurence King Publishing 2020.
• Liz Wells (ed.), The Photography Reader. London: Routledge 2002.