Continuing Education Course : Introduction to Identifying Photographs @ Cycleback Art and Artifact Studies

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Continuing Education Course: Introduction to Identifying Photographs

Course Overview:

This self directed, home study course is an introduction to identifying and dating

photographs from the 1800s to today.  This includes judging the authenticity of

photos and identifying reprints and fakes. Photographs covered range from Daguerreotypes

to Kodak snapshots, wirephotos to cabinet cards.  The course is good for appraisers, collectors,

dealers, geneologists, art historians and historians.  The course is overseen and graded by

David Rudd Cycleback, photograph authentication advisor to Beckett Media, writer for the

Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Photography and author of Judging the Authenticity of Photographs.

How the Course is Run:

This self paced course involves reading the downloadable pdf textbook, doing the homework included

at the end the textbook and then passing a short final test.

   The reading and homework is done on your own and at your own pace.  You can download

the text and homework right now and start, or just look it over.  When you finish and feel you have answered

well the homework questions, you can submit the homework with the $30 grading fee.  You will then receive

via email a short test that you must finish and email back your answers within 7 days.  The final

test is shorter and easier than the homework, and is mostly intended to make sure the student did

the reading (The homework questions are available to everyone, while each test is unique to the

student).  The week will be more than enough time to finish the questions.

If the student has finished the homework and passed the final test, he or she will receive credit

for finishing and passing the course.  The student will have demonstrated he has understood the material.

** Download pdf textbook and homework now!   Donload includes complete illustrated test and homework

Cost and payment.  $30.  Payment is included by student with finished homework and before given final test.

Payment must be made via PayPal to cycleback@cycleback.com

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