Thursday, November 4, 2010

American Photography 1900-1934

Brownie
-first publically accesable camera
- only $1
Postcards with photos became huge
- Kodak would print picture on cards no extra charge
Halftone in newspapers
-replaced drawing in magazines and newspapers
-could see real-life things going on in the world
Edward Curtis
-released a 20 volume set of pictures of Native Americans
-very exagerated
-not the natural life
Pictorials
-photos very never really considered art
-photographers began manipulating their potos to look like art
-scratching the negatives
-vasolene on lens
-chemicals on photo to look like painting
Gilbrooth
-attached lights to finger and would show patter of movements
-improved efficency
Lewis Hine
-was teacher
-then worked for the child labor committee  to help stop child labor
Paul Strand
-1915 started straight photography
-sharp and focused
WWI
-photos used to rally, in propaganda
-no dead American soldiers in photos
-anti war campaigns eventually showed gruesome death
Illustrated daily news
-tabloid with lots of attention grabbing pics

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