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ARTH 3200 History of Photography
Final Exam Review
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Art History
Undergraduate 3
03/29/2016

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Early portraiture artists
Definition
-Southworth & Hawes
-Felix Nadar
-Eugene Carjet
-Mathew Brady
-Hill & Adamson
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Southwood & Hawes
Definition
-Daguerreotypes
-Simple background
-Traditional poses
-Sharp looking
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Felix Nadar & Ettine Carjet
Definition
-Collodion
-Simple
-Famous People
Term
Matthew Brady
Definition
-Collodion
-Civil War Photographer
-Portraiture
Term
Hill & Adamson
Definition
-Calotype
-More creative with their family portraits
-Soft focus portraits
-Posed them around things
-Natural setting
-Didn't follow any rules
Term
Julia Margaret Cameron
Definition
-Fantasy Scenes
-In the inner photography circle, privileged
-Not bound by a patron, free to express
Term
Travel photography artists
Definition
-Matthew Brady
-Roger Fenton
-Francis Frith
-Maxime de Camp
Term
Matthew Brady
Definition
-Collodion
-Civil war photographer
-Took Abraham Lincoln's political campaign photos
-Studio photographer
Term
Roger Fenton
Definition
-Collodion
-Photographed the Crimean War
-Hired by Queen Victoria to take staged photos for good press.
Term
War photography artists
Definition
Roger Fenton
Matthew Brady
Timothy O'sullivan
Term
Timothy O'sullivan/Alexander Gardner
Definition
-Didn't photograph action: photographic process was too slow created motion blur
-Too many explosive chemicals
-Took aftermath & Hero shots of generals/officers
-Not financially successful
Term
Move Westward: Manifest Destiny- The west was made and destined for us by God. They moved there for railroads, surveyors and explorers.
Definition
Carlton Watkins, Andrew Russell, William Henry Jackson, Timothy O'sullivan, Alexander Gardner, William Bell & John K. Hillers
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Carlton Watkins
Definition
-Was already out west: for the gold rush.
-Photographed Yosemite
Term
Andrew Russell
Definition
-Photographed Promontory Point-railroads
Term
William Henry Jackson
Definition
Photographed Yellowstone national park
Term
Timothy O'sullivan
Definition
-Hated the west
-Photographed sand-dunes, cracked earth and barren land
Term
Alexander Gardner
Definition
-Mid-west
Term
William Bell
Definition
-Shot war injuries
Term
John K. Hillers
Definition
-Shot the Grand Canyon
Term
Pictorialism photography
Definition
-Alfred Steiglets: Big player
-Two groups: England-Brotherhood of the Linked Rings & America-Photo Succession
Term
Purpose of Pictorialism
Definition
-Wanted photography to be considered artistic.
-Imitated paintings, manipulated their images, no more albumen prints.
Term
Pictorialism processes
Definition
-Photogravure
-Gum bichromate (color)
-Platinum
-Soft dreamy look
Term
Pictorialism issues
Definition
-Pictorialism and Kodac came out at the same time and was criticized because the machine does all the work and anyone can do it.
-WWI-Pictorialism dies and reality hits
Term
Alfred Steiglets
Definition
-Huge influence on American pictorialism
-Started galleries & photo magazine called "Camera Works"
Term
Clarence White
Definition
-Started first school of photography to teach photography as an art.
Term
Modernism's mission
Definition
-Celebrated qualities unique to photography
-Straight photography
-Simple
-Detailed
-Sharp
-Realistic/reality
Term
Modern photographers
Definition
-Group F64: Westcoast
-Ansel Adams:
-Imogen Cunningham
-Paul Strand
-John Hearfield
-Rodchenco
-Man Ray
Term
F64
Definition
-Detail
-Crisp
-Realism
Term
Man Ray
Definition
-Rayograms
-Microscopic photography
-Surrealist & modernist
Term
John Hearfield
Definition
-Collage photographer
-Hitler collages
Term
Alexander Rodchenco
Definition
-Odd perspectives
Term
Late Modernism
Definition
-Becomes more and more abstract
-Aaron Syskin
-Paul Capanegro
-Minor White
-Wynn Bullock
-Robert Frank
-Edward S. Curtis
Term
New Portraiture
Definition
-Making portraits of people in their natural settings, more laid back and relaxed, not so uptight.
-Philipe Halsmann
Term
Transition to Post-Modernism
Definition
Robert Frank-Project called "The Americans"
-Grainy, muddy, & weird looking
-Very harsh cutting view of the American people
Term
Post-Modernism mission
Definition
-There is no utopia or there is multiple utopias
-Try anything
-All about the idea
Term
Post-Modernism artists
Definition
-Robert Frank: started post-modernism
-David Hockney
-Diane Arbus
-Cindy Sherman
-Nan Goldin
-Duane Michals
-Andre Serano
-William Eggelston
Term
David Hockney
Definition
-Multiple pieced together photographs
-Multiple perspectives at once
-Depth, space, & time
Term
Diane Arbus
Definition
-Photographed the odd subculture: freaks, midgets, retirement homes, the retarded etc.
Term
Cindy Sherman
Definition
-Roles of women
-Stereotyping of women
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Nan Goldin
Definition
-Sex
-Addicts
-Self analysis
Term
Duane Michals
Definition
-Cartoon strips to photographs
-Telling a story through sequence
Term
Andres Serrano
Definition
-Uses body fluids in context with religious iconography to explore unresolved feelings about his Catholic upbringing.
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William Eggelston
Definition
-Seeing ordinary objects in new ways
-Color
Term
New Topographics mission
Definition
-Analyze and compare
-Loose cropping
-Wanted to be neutral: allowing us to make our own opinion of the photo
Term
New Topographic artists
Definition
-Robert Adams (Photographed houses, telephone poles)
-Steven Shore
-Lewis Faults
-Bern & Hill Bechard
Term
Ethnographic and FSA
Definition
-Edward S. Curtis
-August Sander
-Dorothea Lang
-Walker Evans
-Russell Lee
-Mary Ellen Mark
Term
Edward S. Curtis
Definition
-Ethnographic: Cultures of people
-Native Americans
Term
August Sander
Definition
-Cultures of people
-German documentary work
Term
FSA (Farm Security Administration)
Definition
-Commissioned by the Government
-Documented anything related to the great depression
Term
Magazine Photography
Definition
-Life magazine
-Photo essays
-"Magnum Photo"
Term
Life Magazine
Definition
-Heavy on photographers and light on text
-First cover by Margaret White
Term
Photo Essays
Definition
-For Life magazine
-Dorothy Lange
-Eddie Adams
-W. Eugene Smith
Term
"Magnum Photo"
Definition
-Documentary founders Henri Cartier Bressan, & Robert Capa.
Term
Fashion Photography
Definition
-Ed Alfton Meyer
-Edward Steichen
-Richard Avadon
-Irving Penn
-Annie Lebovitz
-Helmet Newton
-Martin Munkacsi
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Modern Journalism mission
Definition
-Go and show everyone what was happening in the world around them, to inform the masses, hard news.
-James Nachtwey
-Eddie Adams
-Photo agencies, "Seven."
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