Dorthea Lange

Title: Depression
Artist: Dorothea Lange
Medium: Unknown
Year: Unknown

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Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) has been called the greatest American documentary photographer. She is best known for her chronicles of the Great Depression and for her photographs of migratory farm workers. Dorothea Lange was a natural photographer in the truest sense because she lived, in her words, "a visual life." She could look at something: a line of laundry flapping in the wind, a pair of old, wrinkled, work-worn hands, a bread-line, a crowd of people in a bus station, and find it beautiful. Her eye was a camera lens and her camera--as she put it--an "appendage of the body."

Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work (50 – 75 words).

I think that it is interesting that she could look at basically anything and think it's beautiful! To me that is that something that a photographer needs because you need to have an eye for things. I love that she always said that the camera was an appendage of her body.


Name (please only include if it is ok to publish on blog):Katlin

Minor White

Title: Pacific Devils Side
Artist: Minor White
Medium: unknown
Year: 1947

Give a brief description of the movement, photographer, or term you researched. How are they significant to the history of photography (50-75 words)?

Minor White was born in Minneapolis Minnesota in 1908. He was an American photographer, educator, poet and a critic. He was recognized for this intense commitment of photography and his vision. Minor White was a textural photographer. Textural photographs are pictures of items such as a bush, a tree, cracks in the road, or even a rusted up car.


Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work (50 – 75 words).

I think that it is interesting that Minor White was born right here in Minnesota. I like that he was a textural photographer and that he liked taking picture and did take pictures of items like a bush, a tree, cracks in the road, and rusted cars. I think that is interesting because you wouldn't think of taking pictures of that.

Diane Arbus

Title: Child with toy hand grenade in central park

Artist: Diane Arbus

Medium: Photograph

Year: 1962



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Diane Arbus was a photographer who took pictures of people that would not be considered normal. She would take pictures of disfigured, midgets, giants, transvestites and other people of that nature. She helped create a revolution on taking pictures of people that would cause huge controversy.



Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work (50 – 75 words).



I find it very amusing that Diane Arbus took pictures of transvestites and other questionable people. I work with people that are mentally handicapped and it is interesting that she would cause such a stir. I also feel that if an artist did this now, it would still cause controversy. From working with the mentally handicapped, I find it hugely uncontroversial because of how full some of these people live. I have seen more enjoyment in the life of someone who is mentally handicapped than most people around me.



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I do not wish my name to be published

Aaron Siskind

Title: Peru 400

Artist: Aaron Siskind

Medium: Photograph

Year: 1983



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Aaron Siskind was an American abstract expressionist photographer. He worked in both New York City and Chicago. Siskind's work focuses on the details of nature and architecture. He would take photographs of seemingly random things that became his abstract artwork.


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I liked the abstract artwork of this artist. I liked how unique the works were created by taking pictures of random things to make abstract photos. Some of the abstract photos do a really good job of looking like recognizable objects.





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David Loeffler

Martin Chambi

Title: Qorilazo Pancho Gomez
Artist: Martin Chambi

Medium: NA

Year: 1930



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Martin Chambi was one of the first major Latin American photographers. He is originally from southern Peru and is recognized for the profound historic documentary value of his photographs. He mostly photographed people in the countryside, but also did landscape as well. In 1979 Chambi was a retrospective in New York's MOMA, and which later traveled to various locations inspiring more of his work.





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I love Martin Chambi's work, and find it very fascinating. The way he photographs people is very unique and brings out their personality. For example the following picture tells a lot about the man, without saying a word. That is what I think is great about his work is that it tells a story. It is very inspirational.





Name (please only include if it is ok to publish on blog): Haley

Student Work from First Print Project

Laura Gilpin

Title: Figure 29
Artist: Laura Gilpin
Medium:
Year:1943

Give a brief description of the movement, photographer, or term you researched. How are they significant to the history of photography (50-75 words)? Laura Gilpin is considered a master of platinum Printing, which is monochromatic prints that explore the greatest ranges in tone in the picture. Laura was known for photographing portraits and landscapes of the south west region.



Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work (50 – 75 words).
I personally find Laura Gilpin's work amazing. The photographs of the land scapes are packed with sharp details. Some of the photographs are very simplistic but provactive, and others are very busy and capavating. The photo attaches uses repeating lines effectively to catch the viewers eye, and almost gives a sense of movement across the sand.

Wynn Bullock

Title: The Tide Pool
Artist: Wynn Bullock
Medium:
Year: 1958

Give a brief description of the movement, photographer, or term you researched. How are they significant to the history of photography (50-75 words)?
Wynn Bullock is a recognized American master photographer of the 20th Century whose work is included in over 90 major museum collections around the world. He received substantial critical acclaim during his lifetime, published numerous books, and is mentioned in all the standard histories.

Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work (50 – 75 words).
I think this photo is really interesting. When I look at it, it looks like stars in the sky. It doesn't even look like a tide pool. And it has a good composition of black and white. He did a really nice job of capturing the reflection of the water in the tide pool.


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Andre Kertesz

Title: Displace people
Artist: Andre Kertesz
Medium:
Year: 1916

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Andre Kertesz was known for his groundbreaking contributions in photographic compositions from what I read his technique in his early career was vary unorthodox camera angels and stile and prevented him from gaining the notoriety he desired.


Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work (50 – 75 words).
I found a quote Andre Kertesz had made on a tv show called AMERICAN MASTERS in 1985 he said " Technique isn't important, Technique is in the blood, Events and moods are more important than good lighting and the happening is what is important" I thought that was pretty cool.



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Wynn Bullock

Title: Straight photography

Artist: Wynn Bullock

Medium: straight photography

Year: 1902-1975



Give a brief description of the movement, photographer, or term you researched. How are they significant to the history of photography (50-75 words)?Wynn was known for what is called straight photography. Became famous when his work was used in the film the ( family of man).

Wynn also had exhibition at the museum of modern art. Wynn was a active member of society by being a teacher, lecturer and leader. Wynn was one of five people to established the university of Arizona center for creative photography.





Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work (50 – 75 words).I like one thing that Wynn said and that is we have to go beyond what we know.I feel said that his life are taken so soon by cancer. Wynn seemed to be such a caring and giving person. Wynn was much love by all of his students. Wynn felt that color printing was limited so he returned to the medium of black and white which was a love for him.









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LORI

James Van Der Zee

In fifth grade James owned his own camera. He took pictures of family and friends and would develop e them himself.
In 1914, he worked as a darkroom Technician. Three years later he opened his own studio. In the 1920's he shot studio portraits, wedding, sport teams, funerals and Celebrities. He would retouch negatives to straighten teeth or fill a bald spot photos. James Van Der Zee developed photo montage. It was another technique to multiply images in one picture. These photos of middle class black life was a side America rarely seen.
In 1932, his business struggled through the depression. Personal camera started to take the places of professional photography. They were more available to be purchased. People had very little need for photographer. James were forced to shoot odd jobs to make ends meet.
In 1968, Van Der Zee collection of 75,000 photos covering 60 years of African American life was discovered by Reginald McGhee. New York's Metropolitan Museum of art featured his exhibit called " Harlem On My Mind". That night he received national recognition.

Adolph de Meyer

Title: Adolph De Meyer

Artist: photographers

Medium: first fashion photographer

Year: 1913-1922



Give a brief description of the movement, photographer, or term you researched. How are they significant to the history of photography (50-75 words)?

He was the creator of American fashion photography. Adolph was born in to wealth. Father was German and mother was Scottish. Adolph gravitated toward London because of it wealth and homosexuality. This brought him into the orbit of the prince of whales. Adolph married Olga Caracciolo who was the illegitimate daughter of the prince of whales.The meyer family lost all of there money due to world war I , this forced the family to move to America,





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I feel that this was very important to not only the fashion world but also the publishing world. This movement chanced the way the women viewed fashion and there weight. He mad women feel and look beautiful. Fashion is very important not only to the publishing world but also to the manurfactoring world. He changed the way we viewed the world.







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LORI

Ansel Adams

Title:

Artist: Ansel Adams

Medium:

Year:



Give a brief description of the movement, photographer, or term you researched. How are they significant to the history of photography (50-75 words)? F.64 was a group of photographers formed in the early 1930s. They are significant to the history of photography because they tried to "define photography as an art form by simple and direct presentation through purely photographic methods" Pure photography was defined as possessing no qualities of technique, but rather a sharply focused and unchanged image.







Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work (50 – 75 words). I think F.64 is an interesting group because of their focus on taking great pictures simply by choosing and framing their subject well. I tend towards very shallow depth of field, the exact opposite of F.64's methods; it makes it very interesting to me to see what great images they were able to get in this way. It's also interesting because of the success that each of its members went on to have in the field of photography.









Name (please only include if it is ok to publish on blog): Andrew Benson

Johan Hagemeyer

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Title: Albert Einstein
Artist: Johan Hagemeyer
Medium: gelatin silver; 9.5 x 7.5 in.
Year: 1931

Give a brief description of the movement, photographer, or term you researched. How are they significant to the history of photography (50-75 words)?
Johan had a way of sometimes retouched or manipulated his photos When Weston, Ansel Adams and others founded Group f/64, devoted to straight, unmanipulated photography, Hagemeyer did not join. Perhaps because of his determination to go his own way or perhaps because his style was never fully appreciated According to wikipedia.org 'he never came close to achieving the fame of his former friends. In 1947 he left Carmel and returned to San Francisco full-time. He died poor and virtually forgotten at age 78.'

Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work (50 – 75 words).

Johan had a way of doing things and he wasn't about to change his ways for anyone I admire the man, he stood up for what he believed in, and he didn't just "go with the flow" because everybody wanted him to. If he would have been as well known as his 'friends' I think a lot of people would have liked and respected his work.


Name (please only include if it is ok to publish on blog): Rachel Desalegne

Paul Strand

Title: Wall Street
Artist: Paul Strand

Medium: NA

Year: 1915



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Paul Strand helped establish photography in the 20th century to art form. He had help by two other modernist photographers, Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston. His work covered six decades throughout America, Europe, and Africa. His profession started as a hobby, but when taken to the 291 art gallery with his teacher, Lewis Hine, he realized he wanted to take it more seriously. Not only did Strand just take photographs, but he was interested in film-making as well.





Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work (50 – 75 words).



I think a lot of Strand's work is very interesting. There are a few of his pictures that are close ups of actual cameras and I think that is very cool. When he takes the picture it not only gives off that modern feel, but it shows all the beautiful detail inside of the camera. The Wall Street picture is also interesting because he has taken a boring seen and made it appealing with all of the shadows.







Name (please only include if it is ok to publish on blog): Haley

Alfred Stieglitz

Title: The Terminal
Artist: Alfred Stieglitz
Medium:
Year: 1893

Give a brief description of the movement, photographer, or term you researched. How are they significant to the history of photography (50-75 words)?
Alfred Stieglitz was an American photographer and modern art promoter who was instrumental over his fifty-year career in making photography an accepted art form. In addition to his photography, Stieglitz is known for the New York art galleries that he ran in the early part of the 20th century, where he introduced many avant-garde European artists to the U.S. He was married to painter Georgia O'Keeffe.

Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work (50 – 75 words).
Alfred Stieglitz is an amazing photographer. He captures Europe. Especially The terminal picture. I feel like I'm there watching the people, hearing the noises. It gives u a sense of how dirty the streets were back then as well.

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Artificial Light Photography

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Artist: unknown
Medium: unknown
Year: unknown

Give a brief description of the movement, photographer, or term you researched. How are they significant to the history of photography (50-75 words)?

In short, Artificial Light Photography, is photography using a flash. While the main purpose is to illuminate a dark scene, it can also be used to capture moving objects. Flash has come along since it's first premier as a flash bulb, including now using LED lights. While using a flash can be beneficial, it also has it's draw backs, including the infamous "red eye".


Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work (50 – 75 words).

As with photography as whole, is interesting to me see how far it's come. We no measure the exact time, and amount of light given (intensity) , to get the desired image. However, when I'm on the other side of the camera (not taking the photo's) a flash can be quite bothersome. Smiling for a camera repeatedly can be hard in it's self, not getting a migraine from a repeating ( and sometimes rapid) flash, can be overwhelming.


Name (please only include if it is ok to publish on blog): Brandon M Johnson

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe

Title: "Quo Vadis?"
Artist: Frank Meadow Sutcliffe
Medium: Van Dyke was used which consists of both iron and silver compounds
Year: 1896 approximately

Give a brief description of the movement, photographer, or term you researched. How are they significant to the history of photography (50-75 words)? The photographer, Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, lived in Whitby England which is a seaside town in North Yorkshire. He made a living by taking portraits, but also won over 60 medals in his lifetime for his main body of work which consisted of life along the docks and streets of Whitby. He wrote for numerous publications such as the Yorkshire Weekly Post and was a founding member of "The Linked Ring." He also was a honorary member or the RPS.



Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work (50 – 75 words). Frank Meadow Sutcliffe played a major role by turning photography into an art form. His most famous print is called "The Water Rats" and actually caused him to be excommunicated by the pope for its child nudity. Ironically the pope thought it would corrupt the other sex. I really like his work because it truly shows life in the late 1800's and early 1900's. He had to stage his photographs but the realism always comes through. I particularly like the work he did involving the harbor in Whitby because the photography is filled with items to focus on which keeps the viewer entertained.




Name (please only include if it is ok to publish on blog): Blaine Wm. Anderson

Edward S. Curtis

Title: Sioux Chiefs

Artist: Edward S. Curtis

Medium: Large Format

Year: 1908



Give a brief description of the movement, photographer, or term you researched. How are they significant to the history of photography (50-75 words)? Edward Curtis first got into photography working as an apprentice in St Paul, MN, later moving to Seattle, WA. Later in his career, he produced a series of photographs of native Americans for J.P. Morgan, consisting of 1500 prints in 20 volumes. He wanted to not just photograph them, but document the native people and their way of life. He took over 40,000 photographs of 80 different tribes, and also made thousands of wax cylinder recordings of their language and music.







Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work (50 – 75 words). Edward Curtis' work is interesting because of the detail with which he wanted to record the native american's lives. It seems like he cared both about the natives, and being accurate, however, it is noted that he retouched many of his images, completely removing or adding some details, especially ones that show parts of the modern world. It is interesting that someone so big on detail and accuracy would change his images.









Name (please only include if it is ok to publish on blog): Andrew Benson