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HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY

HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY. Section 4 The Popular Revolution & Art Movements of the 20th Century. Invention of the half-tone printing process in the 1880 ’ s Allowed pictures to be printed in newspapers and magazines Broke down images into series of dots, when viewed comprise our picture

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HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY

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  1. HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY Section 4 The Popular Revolution & Art Movements of the 20th Century

  2. Invention of the half-tone printing process in the 1880’s Allowed pictures to be printed in newspapers and magazines Broke down images into series of dots, when viewed comprise our picture Allowed pictures to become part of everyday life Communicated story more effectively than just words alone George Eastman and the Kodak Company (1880’s) Invented the modern photographic industry Pioneered Roll film (LSM) Put affordable cameras in the hands of everyday people Allowed people to record everyday life – and the “snapshot” is born The Popular Revolution

  3. George Eastman • Became interested in Photography and sold “dry plates” • Introduced “roll film” (1888) and later “transparent film” (1889) • Kodak Company revolutionizes photography as an industry George Eastman aboard SS Galia-1890 (Kodak #2 snapshot-albumen print)

  4. The Original Kodak camera • Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co.- June 1888 • Had Barrel shutter • $25 retail price • 50 or 100 image paper roll film • Circular image • “You press the button, we’ll do the rest”

  5. The Original “Brownie” • Eastman Kodak Co. -1900 • Patent Date-4/11/1899 • Production dates: 1900-1901 • 117 exposure roll film

  6. The “Brownie Revolution”(1900-1950’s) • Brownie #1 camera (above) • ONLY $1 IN PRICE • 1901-1904 production • 117 exposure roll film • Kodak snapshot-(right) • Samuel Castner Jr. • (1890)

  7. More “Brownies” • #2 Brownie- Eastman Kodak Co. (1904) • Production 1904-1907 • 120 exposure roll film #3 Folding Brownie-Model D (1909) Eastman Kodak Co. production 1909-1915 124 exposure roll film Original Price $9-11

  8. (back to artistic movements)THE PHOTO SECESSION • Movement to break away from the Pictorialists • Ideology: PHOTOGRAPHY IS ART, BUT NO MANIPULATION IS NECESSARY • Photographic work can stand on its own as art - as long as photographer approaches it in an artistic way, using the conventions of art.

  9. Alfred Steiglitz • Father of Modern Photography • Started out as pictorialist, but thought manipulation was not necessary to create artful photography • Opened gallery 291 • Promote art, and photography (often together) • Emphasis on design concepts such as composition, shape, form, etc. • Published “Camera Work” to promote the new art of photography. Established new modern aesthetic. Sunlight and Shadows-1889

  10. Alfred Steiglitz The Terminal-1893 Venetian Boy-1887

  11. Alfred Steiglitz Night, NY-1896 The Steerage-1907

  12. Alfred Steiglitz Spring Showers, NY- 1901 Flat Iron Building NY- 1903

  13. Alfred Steiglitz Winter, Fifth Avenue--1893 Georgia O’Keefe-Hands and Thimble -1919

  14. Alfred Steiglitz Equivalent-1931 Mountains and Sky, Lake George -1924

  15. STRAIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY • Movement led by Paul Strand- Straight forward approach • Focus is on composition, shape, line, and form • Image is sharp, and in focus (no more blurry, soft-focus images) • Beauty in everyday objects when captured by the artist’s eye • Movement mirrored similar modernist movements in other art forms

  16. Paul StrandWhite Picket Fence-1916

  17. Paul Strand City Hall Park, NY-1915 Wall Street -1915

  18. Paul Strand The Family - 1953 Blind-1916

  19. Paul Strand The Lathe #3 - 1923 Leaves II - 1929

  20. Imogen Cunningham

  21. Imogen Cunningham

  22. Imogen Cunningham

  23. Edward Weston Cabbage Leaf - 1931

  24. Edward Weston 1886-1958 • Considered one of the most innovative and influential American photographers; and one of the greatest photographers who ever lived • Developed a quintessentially American, and especially Californian, approach to modern photography • Focused on the people and places of the American West • Began as a pictorialist, then abandoned for a highly detailed photographic images

  25. Edward Weston

  26. Edward Weston

  27. Edward Weston Pepper No. 30 Two Shells

  28. Edward Weston

  29. Ansel Adams • Considered a ‘straight’ photographer • Member of Groupf/64 • Seven San Francisco photographers who all believed in sharp, in-focus images (particularly from a western American viewpoint) • Great Landscape Photographer • Used burning/dodging to make pictures higher in contrast and drama

  30. Ansel Adams Mono Lake Lake Macdonald

  31. Ansel Adams Mt. McKinley Minarets

  32. Ansel AdamsClearing After Storm

  33. Ansel Adams“Clearing in Winter”

  34. Ansel AdamsGrand Tetons

  35. Ansel AdamsMoonrise, Hernandez

  36. Ansel AdamsWinter Sunrise

  37. Ansel AdamsMoon and Half-Dome

  38. Ansel AdamsOak Tree, Snowstorm

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