Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Development of Photography and the Railroad

9th - 10th
From the 1850s, photography and the railroad each offered new experiences to people who had never before traveled great distances. Photographs were used to allay fears of potential travelers. [3:45]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Camilo Vergara Documents the Changing Urban Landscape

9th - 10th
In 1967, Camilo Vergara recorded a dilapidated building in South Bend, Indiana. Vergara believes that the changing nature of buildings can reveal the social history of poor American neighborhoods. [2:24]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: John Humble's Photographs of Los Angeles

9th - 10th
Photographer John Humble has been documenting the Los Angeles landscape since the 1970s. [3:20]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Photographs: A Closer Look

9th - 10th
See how photography is more than a mechanical art, but rather an art infused with imagination, as exemplified by works from photographers Cameron, Watkins, Kasebier, Ulmann, Evans, Stieglitz, Le Gray, and Hine. [3:05]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Eileen Cowin on Her Series 'I See What You're Saying'

9th - 10th
Combining text and photography, contemporary artist Eileen Cowin explores narrative within her work. [2:30]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: David Hockney's 'Pearblossom Hwy'

9th - 10th
The artist David Hockney called his photo collages, "drawing with a camera." Here he discusses perspective and other issues in Pearblossom Hwy., 11-18th April 1986, #2. [3:11]
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Works on Paper: Drawing, Printmaking, Photography: Lesson 1

9th - 10th
This lesson will explore works of art made on paper. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Works on Paper: Drawing, Printmaking, Photography."