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What was the main Stieglitz's interest? What's Pictorialism and what is Naturalism? Did he stayed devoted to this movements? What do you see on his photographs?

Stieglitz’s main interest was to promote photography as a form of art.  Pictorialism is making a photo looking more like a painting by using painting techniques on a photo.  Naturalism is depiction of a realistic object in a natural environment.  Stieglitz did not stay devoted to this movement and abandoned the idea of making photographs look more like paintings, deciding photography was not art.

What was White's impact on photography as a medium? What do you see on his photographs?

Minor White was one of the greatest American photographers of the period after the Second World War as well as one of the greatest teachers of the medium. He had an extremely influential impact on the medium of photography.White produced important sequences and bodies of photographs that investigate the mediums potential for metaphor and the creation and combination of syntax.

Minor White created the concept of "equivalents", as you can see, most of his photographs are the pictures of barn,doorways, water, the sky, or simple paint peeling on a wall. The photographs may look simple but he made them unique because of the quality of the light which they photos were captured.

What do you see on Man Ray's photos? Are they similar or absolutely different than Steiglitz's photos?

Man Ray's photography is different than Steiglitz's. He is a surrealist photographer and he has a really unique way to capture a picture. From what I see, I think Man Ray's photographs are more artistic, there's no meaning behind it and most of his photographs are women. As for Steiglitz, his photographs are more realistic.

What do you see on Moholo-Nagy's photographs?

Moholo-Nagy's photographs are slightly different the the other photographers, as you can see, all his photographs are really graphical. They are all lines and shapes.

Are these photographers painters? Do they all paint with their cameras or maybe only some of them?

All of the photographers that we have researched are painters,but they all have their own unique way to portray a photo.

Work Cited

http://www.josephbellows.com/artists/minor-white/bio/
http://guestroomgallery.com/exhibitions/?view=bio&show_id=29

http://www.vasculata.com/minor_white.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_White

http://artblart.com/tag/moholy-nagy-chairs-at-margate/

13: The new reality or fiction: Contemporary photography

Alterations are not allowed in press photography, but they are one of the tools used in contemporary art photography? Why?

Press photography needs to express current events throughout the world, altercations to press photography would make it untrue and would be considered an attempt to manipulate the situation for better or worse. Therefor making altercations to press photography is not allowed. As for contemporary art photography, alterations to the photographs serves a artistic purpose.

Presentation Week 7-Photography and society

Compare the work of Alexander Rodchenko, Peter Kennard and John Heartfield and elaborate:

- What are the differences and similarities?

Alexander Rodchenko

Peter Kennard

John Heartfield 

The similarities between Alexander Rodchenko, Peter Kennard and John Heartfield is that they all used photomontage to portray their political view or bias. Photomontage is using bits and pieces from multiple photos and put them all together to create one image.

The differences were that each of them focused on different topics. Alexander Rodchenko used photomontage to speak his mind about the Russian revolution, Peter Kennard’s main focus was targeting government and political parties mostly on military weaponry (Nuclear weapons) and poverty, while John Heartfield political view was anti-nazi/hitler.

- Do you think they had impact on the society and created changes? Can photography and photographers achieve something like that?

I think they had a huge impact on society through their photomontages, it allowed the viewer to create the message that the photomontage was trying to portray instead of putting one there for the viewer. Which creates a greater perspective for the viewers. Photography and photographers have had a great impact on society. There is a saying of how “a picture is worth a thousand words”. Which is true, it catches people’s attention and allows the person to think about the message the picture is trying to portray. 

Roger Fenton 

Roger Fenton (20 March 1819 – 8 August 1869) was a pioneering British photographer, one of the first war photographers.

Marcus Sparling seated on Roger Fenton's photographic van, Crimea, 1855.

  Mathew Brady

Mathew Brady is one of the best-known photographers, both in his time and in ours. He was a highly successful portrait photographer who essentially invented documentary photography and photojournalism, and he contributed significantly to our understanding of the U.S. Civil War. Nevertheless, he ultimately sacrificed his wealth, his livelihood and his health for his art and died impoverished and under appreciated.

Mathew Brady with the Union Army, 1862

 

Alexander Gardner

Alexander Gardner was born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1821. He was an American photographer and he is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War and his protraits of American President Abraham Lincoln.

Alexander Gardner was an American photographer. He is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War and his portraits of American President Abraham Lincoln.

Alexander Gardner was born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1821.

Read more about Alexander Gardner Biography by www.leegallery.com

Alexander Gardner, Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter (5th July, 1863)

 

Robert Capa

Robert Capa, the legendary Hungarian-born photojournalist who set the prevailing standard for war photographers, spoke seven languages — none very well. He didn't need to. For over 20 of the bloodiest years of the 20th century, Capa let his cameras do the talking. He said "If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough," he famously declared.

Robert Capa was somewhat careless as a photographer but was carefully dedicated as a man. He participated with courage in almost every great tragedy of his time, and never lost heart nor faith.

"Last Man To Die" World War 2 Germany,1945

Similarities between these four photographers were that they all took pictures about war.

They all captured the reality in war and they all showed people the danger and fears in wars.As you can see, all these photographers had the same goal, but the way they capture a photo and the types of photographs was different. The style that Garder and Brady has is a bit similar because Gardner worked for Brady for couple years. The photographs that Fenton had were more like landscape style photos, but Brady, Gardner and Capa are different, they focused mainly on the fighting and dead soldiers.

Capa is different than the others because he had been to a lot of different wars around the world, he captured a lot of dead soldiers but he wasn't trying to scare other people. The viewers can understand what a war is like and they can actually feel the moment that has been captured on. That's is the reason why Capa is different than the other three photographers.

Work Cited

http://www.vam.ac.uk/people/r/roger-fenton/

http://www.mcmahanphoto.com/mathewbradybiography.html

http://www.leegallery.com/alexander-gardner/alexander-gardner-biography

http://www.photo-seminars.com/Fame/capa.htm

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,267730,00.html

The impact of digital technology on photography

How digital technology changed the role of photography in the society?


Digital technology basically changed the face of photography. It made it easier for people to use a camera and save up their photos. For example, people can take a lot of images and pick the best one with digital but with manual , they can only take a few and each image is carefully planned because they don't want to waste the film. Also, the cameras we have nowadays are way smaller then the cameras in the past, it's easier to carry around and we can take pictures whenever we want. There are a lot of effects and features on the new cameras nowadays, for example,Soft skin effect, 3D sweep panorama and Illustration. You can even edit your photos on your camera.



What has been the impact of digital photography on journalism?

Digital photography is really important for journalists, the photographers and photo editors do not have to work in a chemical darkroom anymore. Instead, they work with their images on their own computer screen because it's easier, faster,cheaper and a lot easier to edit the images. Also, they can take a lot of pictures until they get the best shot because it doesn't cost them anything for taking another shot. "Long time Newsday" photographer, Dick Kraus writes "I find that I am able to shoot more varied pictures and try different techniques since I am able to monitor my shots as soon as I make them. If I try something and it doesn't work, I can make immediate adjustments and keep trying until I am satisfied."  As you can see, a lot of journalists are depending on digital photography. Journalists can also email their images to the publisher or place them on the internet right away, so people from the other countries can see it from the newspaper or TV. 

Work Cited


http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0309/editorial.html