Interview with Robert Thall
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Robert (Bob) Thall is a professional photographer and former professor from Columbia College Chicago and was raised in Chicago. He attended the University of Illinois Chicago where he earned a BA in Arts and Design and an MA in Fine Arts in Design and Studio Arts. Thall is known for his several series on Chicago architecture and for his collections on urban Chicago landscapes. These collections have been showcased in dozens of exhibitions all around the world. He began teaching as an adjunct faculty member at Columbia College Chicago in 1978 and became a full time professor in 1983. Thall served as the chair of the photography department at Columbia from 1999-2010. He has since retired but continues his photography career with his collections now focusing on the architecture of all American Cities. Length: 72:12. Transcript: 14 pages.
Publication Date
Fall 2024
Publisher
Columbia College Chicago
City
Chicago
Keywords
photography, art, teaching, creativity, education, Illinois, Chicago
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Communication | History | Photography | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Recommended Citation
Worley, Nathan, "Interview with Robert Thall" (2024). Photography at Columbia College Chicago, 2024-2025. 8.
https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/photo_oh/8
Comments
The Photography at Columbia College Chicago oral history project documents the program taught here from the perspective of faculty and alumni. Conducted as part of a larger Columbia College Chicago oral history project focused on capturing oral histories from people who shaped the modern Columbia, these interviews offer personal narrative insights into the evolution and history of the college photography program. Students in the Oral History: The Art of the Interview class taught by Dr. Erin McCarthy, conducted the interviews.