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20 Cards in this Set
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Why were Arnold Genth's photos of a fire in San Francisco significant? |
They were the first examples of a series of photos that documented an event. |
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When was the height of the photo essay? |
1930-1950s |
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What's important about Vu magazine? |
It had a constructivist aesthetic and was one of the first publications to include photo essays. |
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What's important about Picture Post? |
They were very populist, liberal, anti-facist, and publicly disagreed with the Nazi regime. |
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What's important about Look magazine? |
It had a 11x14 format and its main objective was to present images. |
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What kind of photographer was Andre Kertesz? |
A vernacular photographer (photographed the ordinary/day to day), and later in his career became a fashion/interior photographer. |
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What body of work was Brassai known for? |
Paris at Night in 1933 was his serious about nightlife in the city. |
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Henri Cartier-Bresson is best known for what? |
He coined the phrase "decisive moment" which refers to the perfect shot/how a photographer must be prepared for it. |
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What was Robert Capa's most popular photo essay in Vu? |
His photos of the Spanish Revolution from 1933-1939. His photo Death of a Loyalist Soldier taken in 1936 is his most popular. His photo esssay familiarized the public with how gruesome war is. |
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What other significant war did Robert Capa photograph? |
He photographed D-Day in 1944. |
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W Eugene Smith's most extensive body of work was what? |
His over 10,000 images of Pittsburgh. He was only hired to take a few but stayed for a long amount of time and took an incredible amount of photos that are stunning. |
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What war did W Eugene Smith take photos of? |
He took photos of WW2 in the Pacific that were especially dark. |
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Who took Life magazine's first cover photo? |
Margaret Bourke White |
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What kind of photos was Margaret Bourke White mostly interested in? |
Photos of architecture and industry. |
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What was an important project Margaret Bourke White did in 1945? |
She photographed the liberation of a concentration camp in Germany which made the horrors very real to people. |
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Who had over 90 covers of Life magazine? |
Alfred Eisenstaedt |
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What were Alfred Eisenstaedt's photos like and how did he shoot them? |
He carried very little equipment with him, and his photos often showed the light/more favorable side of life. |
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What is Alfred Eisenstaedt's most famous photo? |
V-J Day in Times Sqaure, NYC 1945. |
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What kind of photos did Weegee take? |
He took photos of urban life, crime, and death in NYC. |
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Was Weegee a fine art photographer? |
His work was mainly intended to be press photography but did often have artistic value. He was even included in an exhibition at MOMA in 1943 called "Action Photography." hh |
