CAS AH 295 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Daguerreotype, Frank Eugene, Straight Edge
3 Apr 2016
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Largely domain of women, in charge of keeping family album. Work criticized for being too fuzzy, not clear enough. Pictorialism - photography movement that promoted making photographs look like paintings. Trying to claim photography as high art. Influenced by symbolism - expressing inner feelings in art, begins in literature and spreads to painting. Late 19th century phenomenon for japanese art. Tended to favor female figure, interested in beauty. Brownie camera - release of kodak camera resulted in amateurs being able to shoot photos. Influx in the professional photographers wanting to differentiate themselves from amature photographers. Anyone can take a picture but not anyone can take an art photograph. Frederick h. evans - platinum photographer, stopped after wwi due to price of platinum being driven up. Formed photo club of paris with a friend. Relied on manipulation of images, especially negatives. Began experimenting with photography in germany, moves back to us.
