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COMM 215: Basic Photography for Communications

This guide is for students in Penn State Harrisburg's COMM 215 taught by Dr. Catherine McCormick. It includes numerous research sources about the history of photography, including information about the J. Randall Plummer Photography Collection.

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Library of Congress Classification (Visual Arts, Including Photography)

N: Visual Arts
N 400: Art Museums, Galleries, Etc.
N 5312-5313.52: Folk Arts
N 6505 to 6538: Art and Artists in the United States
N 7433.3: Artists' Books
NA: Architecture
NB: Sculpture
NC: Drawing, Design, and Illustration
ND: Painting
NE: Print Media
NK: Decorative Arts
NX: Arts in General
NX 502 to 512.3: Arts in the United States
TR 1 to 12: General Photography, Magazines and Collections
TR 15 to 145: History of Photography and Photographers
TR 146 to 623: Technology and Techniques of Photography
TR 624 to 688: Artistic Photography and Photographers
TR 660: Landscape Photography
TR 680: Portrait Photography
TR 690 to 819: Commercial and Scientific Photography
TR 820 to 821: Photojournalism
TR 845 to 1050: Cinematography and Video Production