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20 th Century Photography. James van der Zee. 1920’s Portraits African Americans all social classes and occupations Worked and lived in Harlem. Imogen Cunningham. 1920’s. Portrait and plant photography. Edward Weston. 1930’s. Natural Forms Nudes People. Berenice Abbot.
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James van der Zee 1920’s Portraits African Americans all social classes and occupations Worked and lived in Harlem
Imogen Cunningham 1920’s Portrait and plant photography
Edward Weston 1930’s Natural Forms Nudes People
Berenice Abbot 1930’s New York City architecture Straight photography Birds eye view
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy 1920’s-1930’s Photogram Bauhaus Light
Man Ray Solarization Fashion Portrait 1920’s-1930’s
Paul Strand Abstract form Pattern Detail 1910-1920
Brassai (Gyula Halász) 1930’s Candid Paris High society Poor society
Henri Cartier-Bresson 1930’s-1970’s “The Decisive Moment” “A telling gesture” Actual life
Walker Evans 1930’s Farm Security Administration Mundane to beautiful Overlooked objects Social documentation
Dorothea Lange 1930’s FSA Social Documentation Dust Bowl
Margaret Bourke-White 1930’s-1950’s Life Magazine Share croppers Liberation of concentration camps
Ansel Adams 1940’s Landscape Straight photography National parks
Gordon Parks 1940’s Scenes of injustice Civil Rights
Robert Frank 1950’s-1960’s “The Americans” Despair Hypocrisy loneliness
Richard Avedon Stark backgrounds Drama Fashion 1940’s-1950’s
Minor White Window vs. mirror Extreme close up Dreams 1940’s-1950’s
Jerry Uelsmann 1960’s Surrealism Multiple negatives
Diane Arbus 1960’s Portrait Photography “Freaks” Nudists Twins Mental patients
Chuck Close 1970’s - present Painter Photo Realism Abstract shapes
Sandy Skoglund Installation Whimsical scenes 1970’s- present
Andy Warhol 1960’s-1980’s Appropriation Painter Printmaker Filmmaker
Robert Mapplethorpe 1970- 1989 Stark Homoerotic Male body
Young women Immediate family Child nudes Sally Mann 1980-present
Ralph Eugene Meatyard 1960’s-1972 Masks Children Abandoned buildings
Cindy Sherman 1970’s- present Self Portrait Film Noir stills Costume
Annie Leibovitz Commercial photography, Magazines- Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone High Profile people Bold primary colors surprising, whimsical poses 1980’s- present
Nikki S Lee 1990- present Snap shots Posing with different ethnic and social groups