ch 22 lecture and book notes

Halftone process (1880)

– A printing technique that converts photographic images into a series of dots, allowing photos to be reproduced alongside text on a printed page.

Photojournalism

– The practice of using photographs to document news events, social issues, or conflicts with the intent to inform and often influence public opinion.

Public Relations (PR)

– A communications discipline that seeks to shape public perception of a client or cause, usually by securing favorable media coverage rather than paying for advertising.

Advocacy photography

– Images created with a specific social or political agenda (e.g., Jacob Riis, Lewis Hine) that aim to persuade audiences and drive change.

FSA (Farm Security Administration) –

A New Deal agency that hired photographers (led by Roy Stryker) to document rural poverty during the Great Depression, producing a seminal body of documentary work.

Post‑production

– The editing and manipulation of a photograph after capture (e.g., lighting, retouching) to achieve a desired visual or emotional effect, common in commercial work.

Documentary photography

– A genre focused on recording real people, places, and events, often emphasizing truth‑telling and social context (e.g., Dorothea Lange, Gordon Parks).

adolf de meyer

one of the first fashion photographers, hired for vogue in 1913.

edward stiechen

chief photographer for condenast publications including vogue and Vanity Fair

richard avedon

joined the ranks of photographers whose portraits and fashion photography see the standards for commercial photography

annie leibovitz

commercial photographer known for portraits of celebrities

jacob riis

took his camera into less influent and speedy parts of ny to document ppl and conditions in those areas.

1890- how the other half lives

public lectures

social change

robbers roost

lewis hine

social change advocate who pictured child labor

in 1908, nclc, influenced public opinion and gov.

images were created to influence congress abt child labor laws

edward bernays

nephew od sigmund fried, gained a rep for mustering public support for causes

torches of freedom

refers back to cigs as a display for freedom

dorothea lange

produced one of the most recognizable images from the area called “migrant mother”, found florence owens thompson camped with her children on a field in cali in 1936.

gordon parks

essays

life magazine

photographed a group of pics called an essay

african american photographer

became a cinmatgropher

ernest withers and charles moore

montogmery newspaper

distributed by associated press

life magazine

ppl began to see behaviors and treatment beyond deep south

emmett till- 11 yr old murdered for whistling at someones wife

eddie adams

1960s conflict

camera gear smaller lighter, film better

unfiltered access

larry burrows

life magazine

vietnam conflict coverage

carolyn cole

la times

photographed event

won multiple awards

marcus yam

la times

3 pulizer times

stayed in afghan when u.s. dripped out

james natchwey

most noted modern conflict photographer

chris hondros

ou alum

killrd in mistatah, libya

bc of the power of photography, to influence behavior its used in commerical communications to compel what ppl want, then to buy