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Emmet Gowin
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went to VCU, lived in Danville. began working in the 60s, photographing his wife Edith and fam. used large-format camera - 4x5 lens with 8x10 camera, which exposed full image circle, leaving dramatic vignette. took pics of fam, rural landscapes, and aerial shots.
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Garry Winogrand
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street photographer in the early 1960s, used a 35mm Leica with a prefocused wide angle lens to take rapid street photos. he also captured "events created to be documented". influenced by Walker Evans and Robert Frank.
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Ralph Meatyard
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photographed his family and made other strange images (Lucybelle Crater series, abandoned buildings and masks, drew on negs, 'no-focus' series). very experimental. worked in 50s and 60s til he died in 72.
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Mark Steinmetz
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photographed people and places around the southeast in the 90s? somewhat gray people pictures
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Robert Frank
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in 1955 he received a Guggenheim grant to travel across America taking photos of all kinds of people. not well received at first but then became popular later. diverged from photo practices of the time. was friends with Beat poet Kerouac, who made intro. later made movies.
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Eugene Atget
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French photog who documented street scenes and architecture. worked in Paris beginning in the 1890s. used a large-format wooden bellows camera. Berenice Abbott made him popular. often his pictures are tinted.
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Frederick Sommer
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from Brazil, became a photog after being diagnosed with tuberculosis and moving to Arizona in the 30s. worked with large-format. did work with still-lives (chicken parts, etc), landscapes, desert scenes, neg experimentation, etc.
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Edward Weston
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nudes, pepper -> formal. started f-64 on West Coast, all about precision. Gallery 291.
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Alfred Steiglitz
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first to champion photography as an art form, married to Georgia O'Keefe. created 'Camera Work'
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Edward Steichen
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started 291, worked with Steiglitz. sold most expensive photo ever.
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