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| Documentary photography in New York City. She did the photograph of the creepy child holding the grenade. Liked to photograph weird looking people, or make normal people look weird. NYC |
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| followed rebel sharpshooter during Civil War |
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| "Ballad of Sexual Dependency". She used her camera to create a visual diary of her life; often relating to LGBT community and drug users. She considered her friends to be her family. Didn't see daylight for 20 years; most photos have incandescent light. Presented as a slideshow in gallery, like at family functions. |
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| American abstract expressionist photographer, worked with Callahan, took textural photos of architecture and nature |
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| Photo secessionist; Photo as its own art, away from photo as painting. Photographed Georgia OKeefe, his wife. |
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| Early explorer of identity, gender, and race. |
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| "One and Thirty" series: shows the artist posed full length with thirty different individuals of a particular social or vocational group. Each piece consists of thirty individual portraits arranged in a grid, with the artist as the common denominator across different socially constructed identities. Peoples Republic of China |
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| a German visual artist known for his enormous architecture and landscape color photographs, often employing a high point of view. Took photo of many many floors, has a yellow composition. |
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| Started by Roman Films, then worked at Vanity Fair |
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| F64 group, landscape, nature is god, 8x10 |
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| disabled British-Nigerian, contemporary artist living in the UK. Carefully posed photographs and videos recreating famous British paintings or stories from literature with himself taking centre stage as an alternative, black British dandy. Examples of these works are "Diary of A Victorian Dandy" and "Dorian Gray" |
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| American former prostitute, stripper, pornographic actress, cable television host, porn magazine editor, writer and sex film producer. Dr. Sprinkle works as a performance artist and sex educator. Did image of herself as Ginesh, the many armed elephant indian god (lol) |
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| With Cuchar, portraits with no face. Removed orifices. |
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| "Father of Color Photography", widely credited with increasing recognition for color photography as a legitimate artistic medium to display in art galleries. "Red Ceiling" |
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| "Minamata" series, mercury poisoning, one of 1st to do photo essays, wanted editorial control of own work |
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| Environmental portraits that hint to people's professions; ex: painter in front of canvas, Georgia O'Keefe in front of canvas, guy and piano. 1918-2006, NY, USA. |
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| Impressionistic landscapes, large scale, super blurry picture |
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| Midwest panoramic reflection of wide open spaces. Did those really horizontal skinny photos. |
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| much of Hido’s work involves urban and suburban housing across the U.S., of which the artist produces large, detailed color photographs. isolation and anonymity in contemporary suburbia. |
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| Photographed in her affluent community; documentary-ish large scale images. Look candid, but staged. |
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| a photographer and photojournalist, known for his stark black and white street photography. orked in the Lower East Side of New York City as a press photographer during the 1930s and '40s, and he developed his signature style by following the city's emergency services and documenting their activity. photographed death, injury, graphic stuff. |
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| "People of the 20th Century"; photographed people of different professions. Was stopped at one point during WWII because not all his subjects were arian. 1876-1964, Germany. |
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| documentary photographer associated with Magnum Photos. "Carnival Strippers", Nicaragua revolution |
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| *I Shop Therefore I Am*, *Your Body is a Battleground* pop art. Much of her work consists of black-and-white photographs overlaid with declarative captions. he phrases in her works often include use of pronouns such as "you", "your", "I", "we", and "they". |
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| German artists working as a collaborative duo. They are best known for their extensive series of photographic images, or typologies, of industrial buildings and structures. Series of water towers and black and white houses. |
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| challenge idea of what landscape should be; deadpan images of banal scenes and objects in the United States, color photography, 8x10 |
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| a fine art photographer who has been described as one of the most important artists to have emerged from the former USSR. Paid the poor and homeless to expose themselves, do degrading things. Most work did in hometown. |
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| Projects images of pre-wwII germany onto locations in modern germany and photographs them. |
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| Photographs others' works and named it after original photographer, ideas of ownership and appropriation |
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| "Sahel" series; Brazilian goldmines from series "Workers"; really gets to know subjects (from documentary) |
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| early (19th century) landscape, glass plates coated exposed and developed while still set. He became famous for his series of photographs and historic stereoviews of Yosemite Valley in the 1860s that helped influence Congress' decision to establish the valley as a National Park in 1864 |
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| Elaborate sets, fantasy/dream worlds. Goldfish, Foxes, etc |
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| "At Twelve", "Immediate Family". 8x10 camera. 1951, Virginia, US. |
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| Work focused on serious issues that face African Americans today, such as racism, gender relations, politics, and personal identity. *At The Kitchen Table* series. Series reposessing racial slurs. |
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| From LGBT community. Challenges "normal". Butch lesbian with a house and family carved into her back; butch woman breastfeeding ("Madonna"). 1961, USA. |
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| African American, in Harlem, photographed within his community, images often quite dark |
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| Trained as painter; grids. Very large scale photos of himself. Uses many different mediums. Neutral expressions; about "looking" (vs. emotion). 1940, WA, US. |
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| One of most successful photographers. Photographs herself in various roles. "Untitled Film Stills"/B-list actress; Society Portraits/California Women |
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| former army photographer, famous for photos after Mai Lai Massacre (used in "And Babies?" poster) |
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| an American photojournalist and among the most influential photographers of the 20th century. He is best known for his dramatic combat photographs. n the Vietnam War, Duncan would eventually compile two additional books I Protest! (1968) and War Without Heroes (1970). Here, Duncan stepped out of his role as a neutral photographer and challenged how the US government was handling the war. |
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| Born 1937, English. Composite photography; took smaller images to create a "whole". Often polaroids. Different perspectives/passing of time to create the whole reflects the way human vision works - your mind puts it together. 1937, England. |
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| Coined by Henri Cartier-Bresson, referencing the perfect moment in which to take a picture. *when structure and content come together at perfect time* |
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| decontextualized subjects, no gaze returned, naked men, black men on pedastels |
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| "The Americans," outsider p.o.v. (swiss) of 1950s America (woman with baby, people on bus in order of class) - controversial, not aligned with what America tries to protray |
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| Established her career by visually capturing the horrors of family violence. Photos of children being in the presence of violence, parents being arrested, etc. Also famous photo of woman with black eye. |
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| B est known for her Depression-era work. Migrant Mother" worked for FSA. Lange's photographs humanized the tragic consequences of the Great Depression and profoundly influenced the development of documentary photography. |
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| Double exposures; shifts in time. |
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| a Pulitzer Prize-winning American photographer and photojournalist noted for portraits of celebrities and politicians and his coverage of 13 wars. Most famous for photo of a man shooting another in Vietnam. |
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| CA based, landscapes document pollution, water issues. "Global Water Project", ""Water in the West", "Great Central Valley Project", "CA Project" |
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| CA based, landscapes document pollution, water issues. "Global Water Project", ""Water in the West", "Great Central Valley Project", "CA Project" |
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| a Canadian photographer and artist who has achieved international recognition for his large-format photographs of industrial landscapes. Photos of hella tires, a refinery, and people working in pink suits in factory. |
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| "If the pictures not good enough, then you're not close enough", Spanish Civil War (blurry soldiers running through water) |
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| He was the most frequently featured photographer in Alfred Stieglitz' groundbreaking magazine Camera Work during its run from 1903 to 1917. Steichen also contributed the logo design and a custom typeface to the magazine. In partnership with Stieglitz, Steichen opened the "Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession", which was eventually known as 291, after its address. This gallery presented among the first American exhibitions of (among others) Henri Matisse, Auguste Rodin, Paul Cézanne, Pablo Picasso, and Constantin Brâncuşi. Also known as one of the first modern fashion photographers. *JP Morgan with dagger in hand*? |
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| Contorted pepper, women in oval shape. 1886-1958, USA. |
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| Awkward transitional teens ("The Beach Series"; used flash despite daylight). 1959, Dutch. |
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| color version of Ansel Adams, trained as scientist, one of earliest color landscape photographers. More abstract and textural than Adams though. |
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| Environmental Portraiture |
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| environment and surrounding offer context into meaning of subject of portrait |
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| "Canto" series, exploration of desert, salt flats photo; abandoned swimming pool; human intervention in landscapes. |
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| a street photographer known for his portrayal of America in the mid-20th century. *Good timing and gesture*? Black man with white woman and baby, controversial. |
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| Uses rocks, pieces of wood, etc and puts them into perfect circles and other shapes (installations). |
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| Photographed his parents (bloody fights, alcoholic father). Candid family photos. |
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| Men with different bodies nude, returned gaze, decontextualized. Amputees and midgets!!!! AHHHH |
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| Did the collection "American West" portraits. He decontextualized portraits, and displayed them in LARGE scale. Also "Power". Often used 8x10 camera. 1923-2004, USA. |
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| Made huge and expensive sets for photographs. Interested in aliens and ETs. |
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| got plastic surgery to get ideal face from paintings |
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| Napalm children running in Vietnam War, Associated Press. took girl to hospital before developing film |
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| Large format camera. "The Brown Sisters"; how their relationships and physicality changes over time. Also "Old People"; "Pictures from Home". |
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| Diane Arbus, Lee Friedlander, Garry Winnegrand. 1967 |
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| Known for her creation of "The Human Race Machine" & work in morphing technology. "First Beauty Composite", "Warheads", "Adrogeny", etc. |
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| Always self-portraits. "Art is entertainment". Constructed identities: Man in drag, Marilyn Monroe w/ penis. 1951, Japan. |
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| He did photo collections of his wife Eleanor, and his daughter. He was trying to portray "what a woman is" and how she changes over time. He did many nudes of his wife. 1912-1999. |
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| macrocosm and microcosm, ice crystals |
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| Coined the term "the decisive moment". |
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| n American photographer known for her photography of botanicals, nudes and industry. In 1929, Edward Weston nominated 10 of Cunningham's photos (8 botanical, 1 industrial and 1 nude) for inclusion in the "Film und Foto" exhibition and her renowned Two Callas debuted in that exhibition. Later worked for Vanity Fair. |
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| "Falkland Road" prostitutes in Bombay, "Twins" |
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| Decontextualized subjects; traveled a lot. Often criticized for his decontextualization because it further made his subjects seem like the "other". Pays attention to shape/space. 1917-2009, NY, USA. |
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| Slice of life documentary, ppl eating hot dogs on beach. everywhere he travels he gets his portrait taken in whatever their typical style is. Magnum |
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| Women into instrument, surrealist or Dada |
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| Agency of photographers: documentary work that makes a difference (Jim Goldberg, Cartier-Brusson, Martin Parr) |
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| guy we watched that painfully boring documentary on, war photographer.Magnum photographer. He has received many of the most respected photography awards, many of them multiple times, notably the Robert Capa Gold Medal, Magazine Photographer of the Year, and World Press Photo of the Year. Compared to Robert Capa for his sense of compassion and commitment and to Henri Cartier-Bresson, who inspired him, for his composition. |
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| took images, subjects wrote reflections on, 'Raised by Wolves" to help homeless kids. work reflects long-term, in-depth collaborations with neglected, ignored, or otherwise outside-the-mainstream populations.Goldberg is best known for his photographic books, multi-media exhibits and video installations, among them: Rich and Poor (1985), Nursing Home, Raised by Wolves (1995), Hospice, and Open See (2009). Goldberg photographs sub-cultures, creating photo collages, and including text with his photographs, often written by his subjects. |
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| primary subject of his photographic work is his own self-image, generally distorted and mutilated. Polaroid photographic film to create what he calls "Photo-Transformations". psychological self portraits |
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| photos of pre pubescent boys and girls nude, primarily females, stuff taken away by cops thought as child porn |
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| an American photographer who received the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic World War II photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, taken during the Battle of Iwo Jima.[1] His picture became one of the best-known photographs of the war. *Flag raising* famous photo. |
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| Issues of race and gender, text in pictures. ("She saw him disappear by the river, they asked her what happened, just to discount her memory") |
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| "Cape Light" "New illumination". Took photo of deck and house with lightening, great composition. Blue and orange lighting. |
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| He was on the editorial staff of Artforum from 1962 to 1971, and was Editor-in-Chief from 1972 to 1977. Took pictures/nudes of himself as an aging man. He photographed his body from the base of his foot to the wrinkles on his hand. As he never photographed his face, his images are not focused on a specific man or identity. |
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| (New Docs Show) concerned with form/scale more than subject, often appeared in photo as shadow on subject |
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| Kent State student shooting, pole photoshopped out from behind girls head. Also took photo of the line of tanks, which was also later photoshopped. |
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| "Girl Culture": youth culture, gender identity, body image, eating disorders, media, wealth, consumerism and the influence of popular culture on how we live. |
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| He is known for his landscape photography such as his 1974 "Altered Landscapes" series. Plays with idea of optical, what photo is, visual illusions. Photo of horizon and line on trees lining up horizontally. |
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| "The Mennonites" migrant workers in mexico, Magnum |
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| Pictures from home/his father's forced retirement. Also "The Valley" project, the non-porn aspects of porn sets. |
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| "Tulsa", "Teenage Lust". photos within his own community: drug use, loss of innocence. pregnant woman shooting up |
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| From 1962 to 1991 Szarkowski was the Director of Photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art. In 1954 Szarkowski received the first of two Guggenheim Fellowships, resulting in the book The Idea of Louis Sullivan (1956). Between 1958 and 1962, he returned to rural Wisconsin. There, he undertook a second Guggenheim fellowship in 1961, researching into ideas about wilderness and the relationship between people and the land. Photographed rural subjects, the three girls in swimsuits for example. |
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| a Czech photographer. personal, in depth photographic study of the Gypsies of Slovakia, and later Romania. This work was exhibited in Prague in 1967. Throughout his career, Koudelka has been praised for his ability to capture the presence of the human spirit amidst dark landscapes. Desolation, waste, departure, despair and alienation are common themes in his work. |
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| English photojournalist best known for his pictures of the American involvement in the Vietnam War. Life Magazine. |
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| Photo migrant workers in field and border, how people get to US. Also took pictures of subjects on death row. Took epic photos of areas of hardship, like cotton fields for example. Published in publications like Newsweek. |
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| Bracketing helps when you are not sure about the exposure. To bracket, you make several photographs of the same scene, increasing and decreasing exposure by shooting with different shutter speeds and aperture |
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| Range in focus. Controlled by aperture. |
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| The ratios of aperture and shutter speed. Certain ratios are equal to each other. |
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| Indication of correct exposure from camera light meter when proper aperture/shutter speed combination is used. |
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| For photographic film, sensitivity is referred to as film speed and is measured on a scale published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Faster film, that is, film with a higher ISO rating, requires less exposure to make a good image. |
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The length of time that the shutter is open. Standard shutter speeds:
4s, 2s, 1s, 2, 4, 8, 15, 30, 60, 125, 250, 500, 1000.
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| Gray-colored card which uniformly reflects 18% of the light which falls upon it; can be used as a reference to set the camera exposure or to calibrate a light meter. |
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| Measures the amount of light falling on the subject (vs. light reflected off, like light meters in our cameras). |
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| Meters that read the light reflecting off the subject. |
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| When different people look at a landscape, they understand different "meanings" of the landscape. Examples: Landscape as nature, habitat, artifact, system, problem, wealth, ideology, history, place, aesthetic. |
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