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.


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