Photography

Louis Jacques Mandé DAGUERRE1837First daguerrotype, silver plated sheet of copper, exposed to light and mercury

William Henry Fox TALBOT 1844-46reproduced in The Pencil of Naturecalotype, v clear compared to 1st daguerrotype

Henry Peach ROBINSONAlbumen combination print from three negatives1885, v stylized/pictorial, put together how he wants it, like a painting, symbol of light, placement, beginning and end of day-birth and death, proponent of photography as fine art, v popular w/ victorian public

Eugene ATGETc. 1900, they were moving so the effect is like that

Eugene ATGET 1910, northern part of city, shot is angled, not what you think is in paris, it's so refined, sophisticated, cabaret is something you find at a cheesy fair

Eugene ATGET1925, mannequins, wealth of social class, can see across street, commercialization of city, we've become mannequins to consumerism

Atget 1913, at border of paris, low class, not staged, takes a few min to expose. documentary style, feel part of photo

Eugene ATGET1922, cart left but no one, typical of his photos, void of ppl, quiet paris, empty, abandoned

Eugene ATGET1920, commissioned, lots of pics, she's more seductive, dynamic, ground not flat, she doesn't care she's a prostitute

Eugene ATGET1922-23

Eugene ATGET1925, tree trunk obstructs view of lake, different textures, v open, more nature

Eugene ATGETApril 17, 1912, all transfixed at sky, doesn't view self as artist, doesn't want credit on cover of surrealist magazine w/ this photo

Alfred STIEGLITZ Berlin1889, personal vision of a person writing on a table in bands of light and shadow, STIEGLITZ had enormous skill because it was difficult to achieve this kind contrast and clarity

Peter Henry EMERSON 1888, photogravure, advocated the photography that capture the integrity - to put the camera slightly out of focus and make image slightly blurred to mimic human vision - advocated certain type of printing process that achieved a Impressionistic style · advocated platinum print · gum bichromate - they allowed the artist to produce soft blurred tones · photogravure - copper plate that is covered with light-sensitive gelatin

Alfred STIEGLITZ photogravure 1893, waited 3 hrs for perfect shot, “success and hand camera work depends on patience” - image was cropped