From Moments to Monuments 

A journey in time, observing the shaping of iconic moments in American collective memory, and visiting photographic monuments as history performed to the camera 

Instructor: Eyal Perry

6 meetings online, Tuesdays, May 28- July 2, 5pm (90 minutes)

$90 for the series

Week 1- The Last Frontier: The “Wild West” and the role of photography in creating the “American Cowboy” identity 

Week 2- The birth of a nation: The civil war as an unfolding drama and the role of new photographic aesthetics in shaping the public awareness, narratives and national consciousness

Week 3- The Social Awakening: The voice of photographers in movements for social justice, humanism and narrating the ‘other’ in American culture

Week 4- This American LIFE: America in a magazine - From Life magazine and the photo essay to the printed vision of the American dream and its heroes

Week 5- The Public Era: Performative iconography of protest, turbulence, search for identity and the voice of the masses- a generation of diverse forces, orchestrated by the camera

Week 6- Suburban America: The shift from city centers to the backyard of American living reconstruct the photographic fabric of the nation

About the instructor:

Eyal Perry is a photographer, educator and co-founder of Glasshouse Project.  He is a senior lecturer of photography and the co-founder of the Photo-Therapy graduate program in Musrara- a multidisciplinary school for art and society in Jerusalem. Eyal also leads walking tours and lectures around urban socio-cultural histories, he is an avid collector of ancient cultural artifacts and is an archiving enthusiast.