MPS 508 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cindy Sherman, Edward Ruscha, Wendy Ewald
17 May 2016
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Greg hobson, art documentary in photography: the whole story (page 448) Museum of modern art exhibition curated by edward steichen 1955. Road to victory curated by steichen at the moma in 1955. Edward steichen (american, 1879-1973) starts in a very pictorial way. Went into commercial work: fashion, editorial, colour work, covers photographer-turned-curator. Ed ruscha (american, born 1937) thinking about the war. California map project: produced 69, there"s a sense [in conceptual photography] of trying to make sense of their place in the world. Art and documentary may appear to be oppositional terms, but the late. 1970s saw radical shifts in the perception and consumption of photography. Coupled with the new ways of thinking about visual language, this meant that distinctions between modes of photographic practice were eroded. Changes in film and cameras - from 35mm to medium and large format - and the use of colour introduced alternative ways of looking at the world.
