Marc Stieglitz Analysis

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­ Imogen Cunningham was a photography who took portraits for over 75 years. Her portraits have been shown all over the world. Imogene took her first picture in 1901 until she died in 1976. She was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1883 and got interested in photography when she was a highschool student so her father built her a darkroom. After college, she worked in photography studio and later opened her own studio. When she had kids she temporarily stopped her pictures. She used her surroundings as an advantage, took pictures and became a celebrity.
Is known for her portraits of people.
She worked for Vanity Fair which is an art magazine.
A painting, drawing, photograph, or engraving of a person, especially one depicting only the face or head
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A documentary is when you select a small segment of the real world and reproduce it exactly to as it appeared. In 1929, many people had no jobs and were homeless and poor because the stock markets had crashed. The country entered the Great Depression.
­ Alfred Stieglitz was a New York photographer who used his camera to focus on the real world. He used different contrasts of intensity to emphasize the focal points.
­ Georgia O’keefe was a painter with a nickname of the “Mother of American modernism.” She is best known for her paintings of flowers, skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes.
­ The West Coast Photographers were Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham and other photographers.
­ Ansel Adams is known for his detailed photos of nature. He mostly did black ­and­ white landscape photos. His photographers are mostly taken on the west coast of the country.
­ Minor White used the camera as a microscope to show thoughts and feelings. The pictures were focused on texture and patterns. White was influenced by the f/64 group. HIs word was different.
­ The Dadaists was a school of art. The Dada artists had a fun culture.
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