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History and Aesthetics of Photography
Spring Quarter, RIT
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Undergraduate 2
05/14/2009

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What was the name of Roy deCarava's book?
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"The Sweet Flypaper of Life"
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What was the style of Will Klein's Photography?
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As incomprehensible as life itself.
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What was the name of Will Klein's book?
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New York
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The title of Robert Frank's book was:
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The Americans
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2 Books that exemplify sequencing
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The Americans, American Photographs
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What was the name of Paul Vanderbilt's Book?
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Between the Landscape and Its Other
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What was the name of Marshall Mcluhan's book?
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Understanding Media
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WHat was McLuhan's main point?
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The Medium is the message
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What is hot and cool media?
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Hot media requires less thought and involvement, like a movie
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Who did Flip Schulke have a special relationship with?
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Martin Luther King
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Charles Moore mainly photographed what?
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Race Riots in Alabama
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What 3 Aspects make Robert Frank's book interesting?
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1-Irony
2-Symbols
3-Sequence
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Robert Rauschenberg worked mainly with..
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collage and a montage
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Rauschenberg's montages dealt with 3 things:
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1-Iconography of Culture
2-Vernacular Glance
3-Information Overload
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What is the name of Minor White's book?
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Mirrors, Messages, Manifestations
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What 4 things did Minor White believe about photography?
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1-Photos mirror photog
2-Photog must be receptive to world's messages
3-photos are a manifestation
4-photos are an a-ha moment for viewer
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Who did Paul Caponigro study with?
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Minor White
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What sort of images did Minor White make?
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landscapes tending towards abstraction
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What magazine did Minor White start?
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Aperture
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Rauschenberg had the ability to use photographs how?
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Without falling for their illusion
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What two things did Paul Caponigro use as icons?
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nature, spirit
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What is the name of Lewis Baltz' exhibition?
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New Topographics
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Baltz's photos' 3 characteristics:
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1-emotionally distant
2-Intellectual
3-Stripped of artistic frills
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What did Lewis Baltz photograph?
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Industrial parks
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Pfahl was famous for his _____ photographs.
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color
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Pfahl played with what concept?
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perception of photographs
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Who wrote the words to deCarava's book?
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Langston Hughes
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3 characteristics of Friedlander's work
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1-local, particular subject matter
2-flattening the picture plane
3-black borders to make images window-like
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Terry Evan's images were representative of this concept
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intersection of nature and culture
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What is the principle of additive color?
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red + blue + green lights make white light
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Two processes that use Additive color principles
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TV, Autochrome
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What is the principle of subtractive color?
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Subtract the complimentary of the color you want to reproduce
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What is the dye imbibition process and where was it used most often, and known as what?
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a. the process of coating special gel negatives with a pigment, then laying them on a photo paper
b.films
c. technicolor
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What is an autochrome's exposure?
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1-2 sec at f/8 in sunlight
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An autochrome uses what to create color?
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colored R, G, and B potato starch grains
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Alfredo Jaar is known for what?
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Bringing exposure to genocide in Rwanda.
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Helen Levitt represents what part of photography?
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The indecisive moment.
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Helen Levitt represents what part of photography?
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The indecisive moment.
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What are the 3 appeals of Kodachrome?
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-integrated color couplers
-chromogenic (silver made first)
-very good preservation in dark
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Joel Sternfield's images rely heavily on what, and why?
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Caption, because his images of important places are so mundane
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What is Joel Sternfeld's books name?
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