Library Instruction for ART 1603:

Introduction to Photography

Susan WhitmerReference Librarian

Texas Woman’s UniversitySpring 2017

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Michael Hesslon, The 10 Most Important Digital Cameras of All Time. 2013. gizmodo.com.

AgendaLocation of photography items in the TWU Library

• Blagg-Huey Library: Books, oversized books, children’s books, journals

• Online sources: eBooks, eJournals, films

• Woman’s Collection: Books

• InterLibrary Loan: Set up an InterLibrary Loan Account

• Photography books are located under TR in the libraries

Locate photography items at UNT• library.unt.edu

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Photography in Library of Congress Catalogue

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Photography (TR) items at TWU.edu/library• Children’s collection• General collection• Oversize books• Woman’s Collection• Journals

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Library of Congress call numbersCall number for The history of photography (1982) by Beaumont Newhall: TR 15 .N47 1982

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TR15.N471982

Art databases

ArtindexArt & ArchitectureOxford Art Online

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Internet sourcesWebsites: Photography Collections

• Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog

• National Archives Digital Photography Collections

• Flickr

Websites: Techniques

● National Geographic Photography

● Photo.net

● Improve Photography

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Borrow photography books at Willis Library, UNTTWU students may borrow books from UNT

UNT contact informationlibrary.unt.edu

Willis library phone: 940-565-5017

UNT loan policy for TWU studentsThree week loan

Items are renewable

Fine rate is $0.35 cents per day, $39.90 maximum fine

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Willis Library, UNT

9University of North Texas. Willis Library. 2016. Denton, TX.

Take the bus to Willis Library at UNT

The Denton County Transportation Authority www.dcta.net/routes-schedules

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Cite your sources1.A reference citation contains information that will lead your reader

to your source.2.Be concise and include the following:

a. Artist’s Last Name, First Name.

b. Photograph title.

c. Year created.

d. Medium: Photograph

e. Museum/Collection Name.

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MLA in-text citation: A photograph in a book

In-text citation: Photographer’s name, Photograph Title.

Example: Carrie Mae Weems Untitled ( Woman and daughter with makeup) is a minimalist portrait of an intimate ritual.

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MLA Works Cited: A photograph in a book

Works Cited: Last Name, First Name. Photograph Title. Year Created. Museum/Collection Name, City. Publication Information.

Example:

Weems, Carrie Mae. Untitled (Woman and daughter with makeup). 1990.

Photograph. Art Institute of Chicago. Carrie Mae Weems. Washington,

D.C.: National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1993.

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Citing a photograph from a book - MLA

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Weems, Carrie M. Untitled (Woman and daughter with makeup). 1990. Photograph. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Carrie Mae Weems. Washington, D.C.: National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1993.

Last Name, First Name: Weems, Carrie Mae.

Title: Untitled (Woman and daughter with makeup).

Year Created: 1990.

Medium: Photograph

Museum/Institution, City: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

Book Title: Carrie Mae Weems.

City: Publisher, Year Published.: Washington, D.C.: National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1993.

DFW museums and galleriesAmon Carter Museum of American Art

Photography Collection: The Amon Carter Museum of American Art is home to over 45,000 photographs by more than 450 photographers spanning the history of the medium in the United States. The collection began within months of the museum’s 1961 opening when photographer Dorothea Lange gifted three portraits of artist Charles M. Russell to complement the museum’s founding collection of paintings and sculpture by Russell and Frederic Remington.

PDNB: Photographs Do Not Bend

Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery is an art gallery dedicated to photo-based art, located at 154 Glass St #104, Dallas, TX 75207. The gallery opened

its original Uptown location in 1995. Artists exhibited ranged from the early 20th Century to the present. Our gallery stable includes regional, national

and internationally recognized artists. A list of these artists can be found on our Artists page.

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Works CitedHesslon, Michael. The 10 Most Important Digital Cameras of All Time. 2013. Retrieved from gizmodo.com.

Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog. Class T - Technology. 2016. Retrieved from loc.gov/pictures.

University of North Texas. Willis Library. 2016. Photograph. Retrieved from maps.unt.edu.

Weems, Carrie M. Untitled (Woman and daughter with makeup). 1990. Photograph. Art Institute of Chicago,

Chicago.

Carrie Mae Weems. Washington, D.C.: National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1993.

Whitmer, Susan. After Cindy Sherman. 2011. Photograph. Private collection.

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Susan Whitmerswhitmer@twu.edu

Whitmer, Susan. After Cindy Sherman. 2011. Photograph. Private collection

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