From the magazine page to the billboard, the photograph is the engine of modern life. Explore how the image became the primary currency of advertising, fashion, and social identity.
| Introduction |
| 1 | Introduction to popular culture and photography |
| Humour |
| 2 | Humorous illustrations and photography |
| Fear |
| 3 | Fear of photography |
| The Daguerreotype and popular culture |
| 4 | Daguerreotypomania |
| 5 | Interesting group posed for a Daguerreotype by a friend of the family / Interesting and valuable result (1855) |
| 6 | Photographic Phenomena, or the new school of portrait painting (1842) |
| 7 | George Skene Keith: Evidence of the Truth of the Christian Religion (1859) |
| 8 | Joseph C. Lincoln: The Old Daguerreotypes |
| The age of the snapshot |
| 9 | Introduction to the snapshot in popular culture |
| 10 | The Kodak |
| 11 | To My Sweetheart's Kodak (1890) |
| 12 | The Young Kodak Fiend |
| Examples |
| 13 | Song sheets and sheet music related to photography |
| 14 | My Little Snapshot Album (ca 1938) |
| 15 | Illustrated fiction and poetry |
| 16 | How artists have portrayed lanternists, photographers and photography |
| 17 | Postage stamps |
| 18 | Record album and CD covers |
| 19 | Movie publicity, posters, lobby cards and film stills |
| 20 | Introduction to Fotonovelas |
| 21 | Models and toys related to photography |
| Graphic novels and comic books |
| 22 | Introduction to graphic novels and comic books |
| 23 | Kaoru Mori: Otoyome-Gatari - A Brides Story |
| Movies |
| 24 | Introduction to cinema on photography |
| Fabric and clothing |
| 25 | Photographs and photo-related themes on fabric and clothing |
| Conclusions |
| 26 | Concluding thoughts on popular culture and photography |
