Photography Quiz 2

Two hubs of street photography

Paris and New York

Henri Cartier Bresson Photos

very geometrical, black and white, composition focused

Decisive moment

term coined by HCB to describe the art of street photography- its more than pressing a button as you have to feel the rhthym of life, sense the right moment, understand the narrative…

Robert Frank

took photos in the US, a lot of them showed segregation

The Americans

Robert Frank’s photobook published in 1957

Photojournalism

telling stories, but images are supported/contextualized with text

Postmodernism

reaction against modernity and society, favors more individualism and fragmented culture (modernism focused on utopian version of life and progress)

How or what does postmodernism question?

what is authenticity in art? questions by imbracing “hybrid” creations, relying on intertextuality

Gender and Feminism in photography

Used to critique systems through art- built on themes or notions of feminism which critique society

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Behind Saint-Lazare Station, 1932

Robert Doisenau, Le Basier du Trottoir, 1950 (The kiss at Hotel de la Ville)

Robert Doisenau, the cello in the rain 1957

Robert Frank, Trolley, New Orleans, 1955 published in the Americans 1957

Roger Fenton, the valley of the shadow of death 1855

Alexander Gardner The Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1863

Mathew Brady, Soldiers in the Battlefield, 1862

Nick Ut, Phan Thi Kim, Napalm Girl Vietnam 1973

James Natchwey, Rwanda, 1994

Sherrie Levine, After Walker Evans, 1981

Jeff Wall, Picture for Women 1979

Jeff Wall, the destroyed room 1978

Jeff Wall, Dead Troops Talk 1991-92

Jeff Wall, Mimic, 1982, Transparency in lightbox

David Lachapelle From Heaven to Hell 2006

Sandy Skoglund, Revenge of the Goldfish 1981

Julia Margaret Cameron Madonna with Children 1864

Julia Margaret cameron, I Wait 1872

Gertrude Kasebier, Blessed are you among women 1903

Claude Cahon What do you want from me 1928

Claude Cahon I am in training don’t kiss me 1927

Cindy sherman untitled film still 1978

Cindy Sherman untitled film still 7, 1978

Cindy Sherman Centerfolds, 1981

Robert Mapplethorpe, Self-Portrait 1980

Lee miller- model turned photographer

Helen Levitt, three kids with masks on stoop, New York City, 1942

Mary Ellen Mark, “rat” and mike with gn, seattle washington 1983

Tina Modotti, Workers, Mexico 1926-1930

Lola Alvarez Bravo, from generation to generation, 1950

Martha Rosler, Beautiful homes, bringing the war home 1967-72

Martha Rosler, Photo-Op Beautiful homes bringing the war home new series 2004