Photography: DB 4

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.