Online Lecture: Images That Changed a Nation — Reading American Photographs

Eyeopener! Very interesting.

An excellent presentation and a highly engaging instructor.

The course covered not only historical photos and the messages they conveyed (both for the good as well as bad). It also explored the future and AI generated images.

A wonderfully interesting presentation by Louis Masur, covering the history and significance of iconic American photographs.

Provided wonderful insight on the historic events as well as how the images were captured and edited. Great for historians, photographers, and news hounds.

This was a great lecture! The guest speaker picked wonderful photos to talk about and did a fantastic job explaining how each impacted America. He also did a good job dissecting the photos so you know what to look for and why you walk away from a photo feeling the way you do. Hats off to RoadScholar for providing this lecture! Thank you! I learned a lot!

Insightful talk that made iconic images come even more alive and understandable.

Louis Masur was an incredible speaker and the hour of lecture flew by! He made every historical photograph interesting and leads me to look at photos in a new and different light. I am also a beginner photographer and the composition of my pictures will change as I continue to grow and learn about photography. Thank you Road Scholar for another wonderful learning experience that I never would have had if not for your Zoom presentations!

This lecture was excellent. Good instructor, classic photos, and insight into why they had an impact. Also info on early photography, and how to look at the structure of a photo to understand its impact.

Professor Masur gives a sparkling and insightful commentary on iconic photographs summarizing some key events in U.S. history. It was well worth the time to watch.

Well done. Very interesting.

I participated in the online lecture: Images That Changed a Nation- Reading American Photographs. The presenter was amazing. He was very knowledgable and presented the material in a manner that kept his audience's interest and allowed for them to understand the content of the presentation. The hour flew by and I could have listened to Louis for another hour. This is the fourth online lecture I have taken and have enjoyed all of them.

One of the best programs I've heard. Of interest to anyone.

This lecturer is fascinating- very knowledgeable and interesting. Great topic!

One of the best presentations I've encountered, on any topic, over 50 years - fabulous content choices, explanations, thought-provoking questions to audience, pace, production / visuals, and delivery - Hank Jones (200+ gigs guest-teacher; intermittent author; occasional photography law / business teacher; retired software / IT lawyer; traveler)

What an interesting and useful presentation. Well done and looking forward to the next one!

It was an amazing lecture in the true Road Scholar tradition. Although I was familiar with most of the photographs, Mr. Masur added so many interesting details and explanations that were all new to me. Loved it!

Outstanding - and I am now officially smarter and delighted. The best way to learn,to be informed is to spend time with someone who is obviously passionate, engaged, and human

Wonderful verbal and visual experience on the importance of a photo its interpretation and what the photographer was trying to say.

I so enjoyed the presentation about reading historical photographs by Louis Masur, history professor at Rutgers University. He is super knowledgeable about his subject and he presents it easily and with glee.

You would find Louis Masur’s program on photography to be very informative and educational.

Very well organized presentation that covered a lot of photographic history from the 1800s to the 2020s. Professor Masur had a high level of subject matter expertise and was a very good presenter. I just wished he could have covered even more ground!

I thought Professor Masur did a fantastic job in explaining the background, details and history of each photograph. I had no idea all the photographs that are available on the Smithsonian website. Professor Masur's insight and knowledge into the history and background is extraordinary. The fact that I have recently got into photography just added to my excitement about the program. I definitely look forward to participating in more programs "taught" by Prof. Masur.

Louis Masur is the history teacher I wish I'd had in college. He made history come alive in his presentation of "How Photographs Changed America."

This is the third lecture I've attended at Road Scholar in as many months and have already signed up for one next month. The presenters have been very knowledgeable and experienced and the content is extremely interesting. I highly recommend A+++

I really enjoyed all the information about each pic. I learned a lot.

I really liked the one-hour online class I took!