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Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre
Daguerre invented the first practical process of photography known as the daguerreotype. The first photograph with the daguerreotype took approximately 20-30 minutes to develop. He discovered that by exposing an iodized silver plate in a camera would result in a lasting image. In this photo we see that Daguerre was interested in shapes beecause of all the different objects he has on his desk/window area. -
George Eastman- Kodak
George Eastman invented the Kodak camera in 1888 which consisted of a box camera and 100 exposure. He is famous for the phrase, "you press the button we do the rest." His target audience were amateur photographers claiming that anyone can take a photo and be an artist. He also targeted women at home to take photos that will last a lifetime for their family. He changed the game with what is truly private, since people were now sharing photos of the private life at home. -
Alfred Stieglitz
I chose the photo "The Steerage" by Alfred Stieglitz because he was convinced that he could turn photography into an art form similar to painting. In this photo he captures the lines and shapes of objects and people to create a modernist image. For examply the line of the bridge almost cutting throught the photot along with a round hat that matches the round anchor tie up. -
Lewis Hine
I chose to include the photo; "Little One, 3 years old, who visits and plays in the mill." Lewis Hine was a sociological photographer that captured many photographs of immigrants and children working in the mills. He was a photographer for the National Child Labor Committee. In this photo he artistically placed a little girl in a factory that did not match her cute exterior. -
Paul Strand
I chose Paul Strand's photo "Blind Woman" because I believe it captured his mission in trying to capture the candid moments in life. Since the woman was blind there was no way she could have known her picture was being taken, unless he had told her, and therefore Strand could have captured a truly candid moment. He was very interrested in documentary photography and finding the true essence of what it is to be human. -
Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp was a man with a mission. He wanted to get past “retinal art,” which only pleased the eye, and create more mind stimulating art through his photography. He brought cubism into his photos and challenged gender norms. He was also a part of the Dada movement. He challenged the question of what can be made art with his sculpture "fountain." -
Claude Cahun
Claude Cahun was during the Surrealism movmement. During this time Cahun made many sexually ambiguous photos because she herself was sexually ambiguous. I chose the photo of her in taking a self portrait while half her face is reflected in a mirror. I chose this work because in this photo it looks like there are two genders and that it is hard to believe it is one person. -
Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams was best known for his nature photography. He was very pro-wilderness and thought of as an environmentalist. He spent much time finding a place to take a photo as well as setting up his camera so that he could get the best possible picture. In this image, he uses the enitre range between black and white to capture the depth of the area. He captured a moment where the sun was only highlighting certain portions of the landscape, which adds drama to the photo. -
Edward J. Steichen
I chose the photo "Self Portrait in Studio" to to contrast his self portrait with brush and palette. His fame was pushed by his mentor Alfred Stieglitz who thought he had amazing talent. When he switched from painting he joined Stieglitz on his journey to show photography as an art form. I chose this photo because he artistically placed the camera within his self portrait to show that this technology is the new art. -
Walker Evans
I chose the photo "License Photo Studio" to show Walker Evans ability to take a picture of something ordinary and enhance it. Evans had the ability to take something from the present and make it seem as if it were already in the past. He was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. -
Dorothea Lange
The photograph that has become known as "Migrant Mother" is one of a series of photographs that Dorothea Lange made of Florence Owens Thompson and her children in February or March of 1936 in Nipomo, California. Lange took this photo to show the public the conditions of pea-pickers and that action must be taken. -
Martha Rosler
This photo entitled "Gladiators" from Martha Rosler's "Bringing the War Home: House Beautiful, 1967-72, utilize the collage technique favored by the Surrealists and later the Pop artists. Produced during the peak of U.S. military engagement in Vietnam and an outgrowth of Rosler's own involvement with anti-war activities, these photomontages are a response to the artist's frustration with the images seen in television and print media, even with anti-war flyers and posters. -
Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman was one of the most influentail artists in contemporary art. She used slef portraits, such as the one pictured, to explore the construction of the nature of representation. In the her series "Untitled Film Stills" she portrayed herself in sterotypical women roles. In this photo she represents the idea of a woman feeling misplaced in a big metropolitan area where mainly men go to work. -
David Bailey
Unlike previous photographers who have been trying to prove photography as an art form, Bailey was already in an age where photography was an art from and he flourished. He is named one of the first celebrity photographers. Not that he simply photographed celebritites but that he was one. He worked with vogue to showcase a new social order that evolved from the decade of change. -
Annie Leibovitz
Annie Leibovitz brought fantasy in her prictures. She was a portrait photographer who teamed up with Disney to create realistic images of fantasy characters. In this picture, Julianne Moore is pictured as the Littel Mermaid. Being able to use photoshop, Leibovitz was able to create visually stunning portraits.
