In 1937, Anne Fischer, a young Jewish refugee, fled Nazi persecution and travelled via Palestine, Italy, Greece and England to South Africa. There she established herself as a photographer.
The document discusses the history of photography in South Africa during apartheid and decolonization. It provides captions for numerous black-and-white photographs taken between the 1930s and 1960s depicting various aspects of life under apartheid such as mine workers, townships, and protests against apartheid policies. The photographs were taken by several photographers including Leon Levson, Constance Stuart Larrabee, Bob Gosani, Peter Magubane, Jürgen Schadeberg, and Ernest Cole.
Martin Parr began photography at age 14 and studied photography in college between 1970-1973. He is known for his black and white documentary style work in the 1970s and 1980s depicting ordinary British life. Parr later switched to using color photography in the late 1980s. Throughout his career, Parr has documented social and cultural aspects of Britain and other countries, often critiquing consumerism and globalization. He has produced numerous books of photography, worked on documentary films, and been a member of the photographic cooperative Magnum Photos since 1974.
Michael Wells is a 63-year-old photographer born in Waterbury, Connecticut who trained at the San Francisco Art Institute. She got her start taking photos in the Philippines while her father was stationed there during the Vietnam War. Wells is known for her work with Rolling Stone magazine from 1970-1983, including her famous photo of John Lennon on an elevator. She also recreates iconic Disney photos using celebrities. Currently, Wells photographs for major publications like Vogue and high-profile events such as the Oscars and films.
Georgia O'Keeffe was an American artist best known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes. She is considered a pioneer of American modernism. The document provides details on O'Keeffe's early life, education, career highlights including her relationship with photographer Alfred Stieglitz who championed her work, her artistic evolution and style, later life, and awards received. It also mentions other artists included in the Abolhassan Sadighi, an Iranian sculptor and painter, and the 2016 SoHo Spring Painting Contest.
LIFE Magazine and the Most Influential Photos of All Time (part 1)guimera
The document provides a summary of 20 influential photographs throughout history and their significance. It discusses the first permanent photograph taken by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826 and how it laid the groundwork for photography. It also discusses photographs that shaped our understanding of war like Roger Fenton's images from the Crimean War in 1855, Alexander Gardner's images of the Civil War dead at Antietam in 1862, and others that advanced technology and our understanding of motion like Eadweard Muybridge's stop-motion images of a galloping horse in 1878. Many of the photographs influenced politics and social reform like Jacob Riis' images of tenement housing in New York City in 1888 and Lewis H
John Rankin is a British portrait and fashion photographer known for his simple photographic style. He typically uses a plain background or natural background blurred to focus attention on the subject. Mario Testino is a Peruvian fashion photographer known for his portraits of celebrities and the royal family. He experiments with color, sometimes using a single base color and shades of it to set a mood. Both photographers aim to tell stories or reveal details about subjects through their portrait photography, though they have different stylistic approaches to the use of backgrounds and color.
LIFE Magazine and the Most Influential Photos of All Time (part 2)guimera
The document provides summaries of influential photographs from the 20th century, including Charles Moore's 1963 photo of police brutality against civil rights protesters which helped pass the Civil Rights Act, Malcolm Browne's 1963 photo of a monk self-immolating in protest of the Vietnamese government which changed US policy, and Eddie Adams' 1968 photo of a Saigon execution which helped turn US public opinion against the Vietnam War. It also discusses the influence of photos like the 1968 Earthrise image capturing the fragility of Earth, and Don McCullin's 1969 photo of a starving albino child in Biafra which pressured governments to provide aid.
BRYULLOV, Karl Pavlovich,Featured Paintings in Detailguimera
The document provides details on several paintings by Russian artist Karl Pavlovich Bryullov, including his most famous work The Last Day of Pompeii painted in 1830-33. It examines Bryullov's style and influence, noting he helped transition Russian art from neoclassicism to romanticism. Bryullov is regarded as a key figure who established himself in Rome before returning to Russia, where he taught at the Imperial Academy of Arts and developed a distinctive portrait style blending neoclassicism and realism. Details are given on several of his other major works from the 1820s-40s focusing on themes of beauty, allegory, and portraiture.
The document discusses the history of photography in South Africa during apartheid and decolonization. It provides captions for numerous black-and-white photographs taken between the 1930s and 1960s depicting various aspects of life under apartheid such as mine workers, townships, and protests against apartheid policies. The photographs were taken by several photographers including Leon Levson, Constance Stuart Larrabee, Bob Gosani, Peter Magubane, Jürgen Schadeberg, and Ernest Cole.
Martin Parr began photography at age 14 and studied photography in college between 1970-1973. He is known for his black and white documentary style work in the 1970s and 1980s depicting ordinary British life. Parr later switched to using color photography in the late 1980s. Throughout his career, Parr has documented social and cultural aspects of Britain and other countries, often critiquing consumerism and globalization. He has produced numerous books of photography, worked on documentary films, and been a member of the photographic cooperative Magnum Photos since 1974.
Michael Wells is a 63-year-old photographer born in Waterbury, Connecticut who trained at the San Francisco Art Institute. She got her start taking photos in the Philippines while her father was stationed there during the Vietnam War. Wells is known for her work with Rolling Stone magazine from 1970-1983, including her famous photo of John Lennon on an elevator. She also recreates iconic Disney photos using celebrities. Currently, Wells photographs for major publications like Vogue and high-profile events such as the Oscars and films.
Georgia O'Keeffe was an American artist best known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes. She is considered a pioneer of American modernism. The document provides details on O'Keeffe's early life, education, career highlights including her relationship with photographer Alfred Stieglitz who championed her work, her artistic evolution and style, later life, and awards received. It also mentions other artists included in the Abolhassan Sadighi, an Iranian sculptor and painter, and the 2016 SoHo Spring Painting Contest.
LIFE Magazine and the Most Influential Photos of All Time (part 1)guimera
The document provides a summary of 20 influential photographs throughout history and their significance. It discusses the first permanent photograph taken by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826 and how it laid the groundwork for photography. It also discusses photographs that shaped our understanding of war like Roger Fenton's images from the Crimean War in 1855, Alexander Gardner's images of the Civil War dead at Antietam in 1862, and others that advanced technology and our understanding of motion like Eadweard Muybridge's stop-motion images of a galloping horse in 1878. Many of the photographs influenced politics and social reform like Jacob Riis' images of tenement housing in New York City in 1888 and Lewis H
John Rankin is a British portrait and fashion photographer known for his simple photographic style. He typically uses a plain background or natural background blurred to focus attention on the subject. Mario Testino is a Peruvian fashion photographer known for his portraits of celebrities and the royal family. He experiments with color, sometimes using a single base color and shades of it to set a mood. Both photographers aim to tell stories or reveal details about subjects through their portrait photography, though they have different stylistic approaches to the use of backgrounds and color.
LIFE Magazine and the Most Influential Photos of All Time (part 2)guimera
The document provides summaries of influential photographs from the 20th century, including Charles Moore's 1963 photo of police brutality against civil rights protesters which helped pass the Civil Rights Act, Malcolm Browne's 1963 photo of a monk self-immolating in protest of the Vietnamese government which changed US policy, and Eddie Adams' 1968 photo of a Saigon execution which helped turn US public opinion against the Vietnam War. It also discusses the influence of photos like the 1968 Earthrise image capturing the fragility of Earth, and Don McCullin's 1969 photo of a starving albino child in Biafra which pressured governments to provide aid.
BRYULLOV, Karl Pavlovich,Featured Paintings in Detailguimera
The document provides details on several paintings by Russian artist Karl Pavlovich Bryullov, including his most famous work The Last Day of Pompeii painted in 1830-33. It examines Bryullov's style and influence, noting he helped transition Russian art from neoclassicism to romanticism. Bryullov is regarded as a key figure who established himself in Rome before returning to Russia, where he taught at the Imperial Academy of Arts and developed a distinctive portrait style blending neoclassicism and realism. Details are given on several of his other major works from the 1820s-40s focusing on themes of beauty, allegory, and portraiture.
The document provides biographical information about photographer Chris Killip. It notes that he was born in 1946 in the Isle of Man and worked as a commercial photographer in London before focusing on personal work in 1969. It describes some of his major projects photographing communities in the UK and Ireland from the 1970s onward. His 1980 photo "Father and Son" is highlighted as an example of work depicting the hardships of deindustrialized communities in northern England.
Stass Paraskos was a pioneer of modern art in Cyprus. But he was also a significant figure in the British art world of the 1950s and 1960s. As well as teaching at the radical art school Leeds College of Art, he was prosecuted by the British police in 1966 for displaying obscene paintings. The trial was an international cause celebre that led to a change in the law on obscenity and the arts in Britain. Paraskos was the founder of the first art school in Cyprus, the Cyprus College of Art, in 1969, and in his own work he chronicled the traumas of Cyprus, from its difficult birth out of the British Empire and colonialism, through its civil war and invasion by Turkey in 1974, to the inhuman treatment on the island of women and asylum seekers. Shunned still by the art establishment in Cyprus - the two main modern art galleries in Cyprus, the Leventis Art Museum and the Nicosia Municipal Art Gallery (NiMAC) still refuse to show his work - Paraskos saw himself as a perpetual outsider, a self-proclaimed anarchist who did not believe it was the job of art or artists to toe the line.
Exploring the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art)Joanna Nawn
This slideshare explains my visit to the ICA and the pieces that I found the most interesting while I was there. The featured artists during my trip were Christopher Knowles, Josephine Pryde and Becky Suss.
The document provides biographical information and descriptions of work for 12 famous photographers: Ansel Adams, Mathew Brady, Julia Margaret Cameron, Alfred Stieglitz, W. Eugene Smith, Dorothea Lange, Alexander Rodchenko, Robert Frank, Lennart Nilsson, Annie Liebovitz, Richard Avedon, and Jerry Ueslmann. It includes when they were born and died, their type of photography such as landscapes or portraits, and whether their work was in black and white or color. For each photographer there is a brief biography and description of their photographic style and subjects.
The document provides biographical information and descriptions of work for 12 famous photographers: Ansel Adams, Mathew Brady, Julia Margaret Cameron, Alfred Stieglitz, W. Eugene Smith, Dorothea Lange, Alexander Rodchenko, Robert Frank, Lennart Nilsson, Annie Liebovitz, Richard Avedon, and Jerry Ueslmann. It includes when they were born and died, the type of photography they were known for, and whether their work was in black and white or color.
In this slide presentation Dr Michael Paraskos explores the life and work of Augusta Savage, one of the leading artists of the Harlem Renaissance. Despite experiencing extreme racial prejudice, Savage became one a highly accomplished sculptor, although sadly very little of her work survives.
Edward Weston was an American photographer born in 1886 in Illinois. He is considered a master of 20th century art photography, known for his close-up shots of natural forms and nudes. In 1922, he moved to California and later to New York where he met influential photographers like Alfred Stieglitz. Paul Strand was an American photographer born in New York in 1890 who was influenced by Stieglitz and known for his "Straight Photography" method. He worked as a commercial photographer and filmmaker and documented the Depression and Russia. Both Weston and Strand had retrospectives at the Museum of Modern Art in New York which recognized their significant contributions to photography as an art form.
Eudora Welty was born in 1909 in Jackson, Mississippi to parents from the North. She attended Mississippi State College for Women and Columbia University. Welty was known as a regional writer who wrote about life in the American South based on her upbringing. Some of her notable works include The Optimist's Daughter and The Petrified Man. The story The Petrified Man introduces themes of society, relationships, and centers around a character known as the Petrified Man who is recognized and turned in by Mr. and Mrs. Pike.
This document lists 34 photographs by various photographers from around the world, primarily from the mid-20th century. The photographs cover a wide range of topics including landscapes, portraits, social documentary photos, and images related to major 20th century events like World War II and its aftermath. Locations represented include North and South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Mediums include prints, photomontages, and images from published books. Museums and collections from several countries are credited as holding the works.
The document provides biographies of several famous fashion photographers, including:
- Annie Leibovitz, an American portrait photographer who started her career at Rolling Stone magazine in the 1970s.
- Ellen von Unwerth, a German photographer known for her erotic feminine style who found fame photographing Claudia Schiffer.
- Jurgen Teller, a German artist known for his raw style and inclusion of himself in photographs.
- Peter Lindbergh, a German photographer known for his black-and-white work influenced by German cinema.
- Steven Klein, an American photographer based in New York who shoots high-profile campaigns for fashion brands.
The Guerrilla Girls are an anonymous group of feminist artists founded in New York City in 1984. They use guerrilla tactics like posters, ads and public interventions to expose gender and racial bias and promote women in the arts. Some key points:
- Members always wear gorilla masks in public and use pseudonyms of dead female artists to maintain anonymity and focus on the issues.
- Their strategies have included ads naming biased institutions, infiltrating art hierarchies with stickers, and conducting "weenie counts" to expose gender imbalances in museum exhibitions.
- They produce provocative posters and public interventions on topics like discrimination in museums, Hollywood, and political issues affecting women's rights.
The document provides background information on a public lecture given about research conducted on photographs taken in 1873 of Aboriginal people in Grafton, NSW by German photographer John William Lindt. Some key findings from the research project include:
1) Charlie Whitton is believed to be "King Charley of Ulmarra" depicted in one of Lindt's photographs based on evidence linking him to the McLachlan property where the photo was taken.
2) Arthur Devlin is identified as the figure lying down in one photo based on a matching prison photo from 1877.
3) Mary Ann Cowan is confirmed to be the young woman labeled "Mary Ann of Ulmarra" after a photo of her as an
John Gay was a German-born British photographer known for his images capturing everyday life in England from the 1930s-1950s. He studied watercolor painting in London and defined his photographic approach as favoring detailed close-up shots over wide landscapes. Gay documented all aspects of English culture, seeking out unusual angles and perspectives. While some of his shots appear candid, he was also known to stage compositions. His archive of over 40,000 images was left to English Heritage and helps document social history and changing landscapes in Britain during his lifetime.
The document summarizes an exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston featuring sculptures by Australian artist Ron Mueck. It describes several of Mueck's sculptures on display, including "Untitled (Seated Woman)" depicting an elderly woman, "Young Couple" portraying the intensity of new love, and "Mask II" which is a self-portrait of the artist. It provides details on Mueck's artistic process and how he aims to make his sculptures as realistic as possible, sometimes spending years creating each piece. The exhibit contained over a dozen of Mueck's sculptures focusing on the human form and various stages of life.
The document provides biographies of famous fashion photographers including Mario Testino, Steven Meisel, Richard Avedon, Annie Leibovitz, Bruce Weber, Nick Knight, Steve McCurry, Timothy Hogan, Lee Jeffries, and Ansel Adams. It discusses their notable works, accomplishments, and impact on the fashion and photography industries.
Mel Ottenberg is a renowned stylist who graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design. He began his career collaborating with photographer Stephen Klein. Ottenberg is known for reinventing the looks of celebrities like Cate Blanchett and Chloe Sevigny. He has had a long career styling pop star Rihanna, serving as her stylist for appearances, videos, album covers, and her world tours since 2011. Ottenberg's innovative and daring styles for Rihanna have helped shape her image and propel her to fashion icon status. Their collaborative and trusting relationship has been instrumental to Rihanna's success and evolution as a trendsetter over the past decade.
Ernest Cole was a pioneering South African photographer who documented life under apartheid from 1958 to 1966. His photography captured everyday scenes that bore witness to the suffering of black South Africans, such as overcrowded trains and segregated parks. Inspired by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Cole used candid photography and minimal captions to let the images speak for themselves. He was eventually forced into exile where he published his book "House of Bondage," and continued photographing until his untimely death just before Nelson Mandela's release from prison. Cole's images gave the world a window into the cruelty of apartheid and have enduring power in bearing witness to that era.
The document summarizes the author's visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where they viewed two exhibitions - one on African American portraits from the 1940s-1950s, and another featuring various photographs. Some of the photographs that caught the author's attention included images taken by Italian photographers Alfredo Camisa, Mario Cattaneo, Eros Fiammetti, and Paolo Monti. The author provides details on the subjects, dates, and styles of several photographs they found particularly interesting from each exhibition.
The document summarizes the author's visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where they viewed two exhibitions - one on African American portraits from the 1940s-1950s, and another showcasing various photographs. Some of the photographs that caught the author's attention included images by Italian photographers Alfredo Camisa, Mario Cattaneo, Eros Fiammetti, and Paolo Monti. The author provides details on the subjects, dates, and styles of several photographs they found particularly interesting from both exhibits.
The document provides biographical information about photographer Chris Killip. It notes that he was born in 1946 in the Isle of Man and worked as a commercial photographer in London before focusing on personal work in 1969. It describes some of his major projects photographing communities in the UK and Ireland from the 1970s onward. His 1980 photo "Father and Son" is highlighted as an example of work depicting the hardships of deindustrialized communities in northern England.
Stass Paraskos was a pioneer of modern art in Cyprus. But he was also a significant figure in the British art world of the 1950s and 1960s. As well as teaching at the radical art school Leeds College of Art, he was prosecuted by the British police in 1966 for displaying obscene paintings. The trial was an international cause celebre that led to a change in the law on obscenity and the arts in Britain. Paraskos was the founder of the first art school in Cyprus, the Cyprus College of Art, in 1969, and in his own work he chronicled the traumas of Cyprus, from its difficult birth out of the British Empire and colonialism, through its civil war and invasion by Turkey in 1974, to the inhuman treatment on the island of women and asylum seekers. Shunned still by the art establishment in Cyprus - the two main modern art galleries in Cyprus, the Leventis Art Museum and the Nicosia Municipal Art Gallery (NiMAC) still refuse to show his work - Paraskos saw himself as a perpetual outsider, a self-proclaimed anarchist who did not believe it was the job of art or artists to toe the line.
Exploring the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art)Joanna Nawn
This slideshare explains my visit to the ICA and the pieces that I found the most interesting while I was there. The featured artists during my trip were Christopher Knowles, Josephine Pryde and Becky Suss.
The document provides biographical information and descriptions of work for 12 famous photographers: Ansel Adams, Mathew Brady, Julia Margaret Cameron, Alfred Stieglitz, W. Eugene Smith, Dorothea Lange, Alexander Rodchenko, Robert Frank, Lennart Nilsson, Annie Liebovitz, Richard Avedon, and Jerry Ueslmann. It includes when they were born and died, their type of photography such as landscapes or portraits, and whether their work was in black and white or color. For each photographer there is a brief biography and description of their photographic style and subjects.
The document provides biographical information and descriptions of work for 12 famous photographers: Ansel Adams, Mathew Brady, Julia Margaret Cameron, Alfred Stieglitz, W. Eugene Smith, Dorothea Lange, Alexander Rodchenko, Robert Frank, Lennart Nilsson, Annie Liebovitz, Richard Avedon, and Jerry Ueslmann. It includes when they were born and died, the type of photography they were known for, and whether their work was in black and white or color.
In this slide presentation Dr Michael Paraskos explores the life and work of Augusta Savage, one of the leading artists of the Harlem Renaissance. Despite experiencing extreme racial prejudice, Savage became one a highly accomplished sculptor, although sadly very little of her work survives.
Edward Weston was an American photographer born in 1886 in Illinois. He is considered a master of 20th century art photography, known for his close-up shots of natural forms and nudes. In 1922, he moved to California and later to New York where he met influential photographers like Alfred Stieglitz. Paul Strand was an American photographer born in New York in 1890 who was influenced by Stieglitz and known for his "Straight Photography" method. He worked as a commercial photographer and filmmaker and documented the Depression and Russia. Both Weston and Strand had retrospectives at the Museum of Modern Art in New York which recognized their significant contributions to photography as an art form.
Eudora Welty was born in 1909 in Jackson, Mississippi to parents from the North. She attended Mississippi State College for Women and Columbia University. Welty was known as a regional writer who wrote about life in the American South based on her upbringing. Some of her notable works include The Optimist's Daughter and The Petrified Man. The story The Petrified Man introduces themes of society, relationships, and centers around a character known as the Petrified Man who is recognized and turned in by Mr. and Mrs. Pike.
This document lists 34 photographs by various photographers from around the world, primarily from the mid-20th century. The photographs cover a wide range of topics including landscapes, portraits, social documentary photos, and images related to major 20th century events like World War II and its aftermath. Locations represented include North and South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Mediums include prints, photomontages, and images from published books. Museums and collections from several countries are credited as holding the works.
The document provides biographies of several famous fashion photographers, including:
- Annie Leibovitz, an American portrait photographer who started her career at Rolling Stone magazine in the 1970s.
- Ellen von Unwerth, a German photographer known for her erotic feminine style who found fame photographing Claudia Schiffer.
- Jurgen Teller, a German artist known for his raw style and inclusion of himself in photographs.
- Peter Lindbergh, a German photographer known for his black-and-white work influenced by German cinema.
- Steven Klein, an American photographer based in New York who shoots high-profile campaigns for fashion brands.
The Guerrilla Girls are an anonymous group of feminist artists founded in New York City in 1984. They use guerrilla tactics like posters, ads and public interventions to expose gender and racial bias and promote women in the arts. Some key points:
- Members always wear gorilla masks in public and use pseudonyms of dead female artists to maintain anonymity and focus on the issues.
- Their strategies have included ads naming biased institutions, infiltrating art hierarchies with stickers, and conducting "weenie counts" to expose gender imbalances in museum exhibitions.
- They produce provocative posters and public interventions on topics like discrimination in museums, Hollywood, and political issues affecting women's rights.
The document provides background information on a public lecture given about research conducted on photographs taken in 1873 of Aboriginal people in Grafton, NSW by German photographer John William Lindt. Some key findings from the research project include:
1) Charlie Whitton is believed to be "King Charley of Ulmarra" depicted in one of Lindt's photographs based on evidence linking him to the McLachlan property where the photo was taken.
2) Arthur Devlin is identified as the figure lying down in one photo based on a matching prison photo from 1877.
3) Mary Ann Cowan is confirmed to be the young woman labeled "Mary Ann of Ulmarra" after a photo of her as an
John Gay was a German-born British photographer known for his images capturing everyday life in England from the 1930s-1950s. He studied watercolor painting in London and defined his photographic approach as favoring detailed close-up shots over wide landscapes. Gay documented all aspects of English culture, seeking out unusual angles and perspectives. While some of his shots appear candid, he was also known to stage compositions. His archive of over 40,000 images was left to English Heritage and helps document social history and changing landscapes in Britain during his lifetime.
The document summarizes an exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston featuring sculptures by Australian artist Ron Mueck. It describes several of Mueck's sculptures on display, including "Untitled (Seated Woman)" depicting an elderly woman, "Young Couple" portraying the intensity of new love, and "Mask II" which is a self-portrait of the artist. It provides details on Mueck's artistic process and how he aims to make his sculptures as realistic as possible, sometimes spending years creating each piece. The exhibit contained over a dozen of Mueck's sculptures focusing on the human form and various stages of life.
The document provides biographies of famous fashion photographers including Mario Testino, Steven Meisel, Richard Avedon, Annie Leibovitz, Bruce Weber, Nick Knight, Steve McCurry, Timothy Hogan, Lee Jeffries, and Ansel Adams. It discusses their notable works, accomplishments, and impact on the fashion and photography industries.
Mel Ottenberg is a renowned stylist who graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design. He began his career collaborating with photographer Stephen Klein. Ottenberg is known for reinventing the looks of celebrities like Cate Blanchett and Chloe Sevigny. He has had a long career styling pop star Rihanna, serving as her stylist for appearances, videos, album covers, and her world tours since 2011. Ottenberg's innovative and daring styles for Rihanna have helped shape her image and propel her to fashion icon status. Their collaborative and trusting relationship has been instrumental to Rihanna's success and evolution as a trendsetter over the past decade.
Ernest Cole was a pioneering South African photographer who documented life under apartheid from 1958 to 1966. His photography captured everyday scenes that bore witness to the suffering of black South Africans, such as overcrowded trains and segregated parks. Inspired by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Cole used candid photography and minimal captions to let the images speak for themselves. He was eventually forced into exile where he published his book "House of Bondage," and continued photographing until his untimely death just before Nelson Mandela's release from prison. Cole's images gave the world a window into the cruelty of apartheid and have enduring power in bearing witness to that era.
The document summarizes the author's visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where they viewed two exhibitions - one on African American portraits from the 1940s-1950s, and another featuring various photographs. Some of the photographs that caught the author's attention included images taken by Italian photographers Alfredo Camisa, Mario Cattaneo, Eros Fiammetti, and Paolo Monti. The author provides details on the subjects, dates, and styles of several photographs they found particularly interesting from each exhibition.
The document summarizes the author's visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where they viewed two exhibitions - one on African American portraits from the 1940s-1950s, and another showcasing various photographs. Some of the photographs that caught the author's attention included images by Italian photographers Alfredo Camisa, Mario Cattaneo, Eros Fiammetti, and Paolo Monti. The author provides details on the subjects, dates, and styles of several photographs they found particularly interesting from both exhibits.
Photography originated from Western photographers bringing the practice to the Spanish colonies of the Philippines in the 1840s-1890s. It was used as a medium for news, tourism, anthropology, asserting social status, historical documentation, communication, and propaganda. While influenced by Western art, photography was adapted to the colonized Philippines. A famous contemporary Filipino photographer is Emmanuel Santos, who documents the Jewish Diaspora and has worked for the UNHCR and as a folk singer.
This document contains summaries of 4 artworks:
1) Kevin Carter's 1994 photo "Sudanese Girl and Vulture" which won a Pulitzer Prize and documented a starving child in Sudan.
2) Alfred Eisenstaedt's 1945 photo "VJ Day" capturing a spontaneous kiss in Times Square on the day of Japan's surrender, making him famous.
3) Alice Neel's 1943 painting "The Spanish Family" depicting a mother and children who immigrated from Spain, symbolizing the stability of their matriarchal family structure.
4) Biographies of the photographers and artists who created the above works.
This document provides information on various portrait photographers throughout history. It discusses Diane Arbus and her portraits that looked beyond surfaces into troubled souls. It mentions Margaret Bourke-White being a pioneer in photojournalism and women's work. Richard Avedon is noted for his up close portraits that render personalities. Portraiture was also used as a form of official identification. Several other influential portrait photographers are mentioned such as Sally Mann, Edward Curtis, Fazal Sheikh, Elliott Erwitt, Dorothea Lange, Lewis Hine, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Imogen Cunningham, George Hurrell, William Klein, Peter Dench, Hazel Thompson, Alexander Rodchenko, Annie Leibov
This document provides background information for a photography project investigating youth subcultures. It discusses the work of photographers Gavin Watson and Don McCulin who documented skinhead and punk subcultures. Watson began photographing these groups in the 1970s using a box camera. The document examines specific photos by Watson and McCulin that influence the project's style, seeking gritty portraits that capture critical moments. It proposes taking a documentary approach to photograph different youth cultures in various locations and with different cameras in the future.
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In order to understand contemporary art in South Africa, the political background of South Africa must first be understood. When Nelson Mandela became the country’s first black president in 1994, apartheid officially ended. Yet because apartheid controlled the lives of black people so extensively, the end of apartheid did not result in the end of oppression or racial segregation. Although racial segregation and oppression were no longer legal, the ideas, beliefs, and practices of apartheid had been so deeply ingrained in South Africans, both white and black, that Apartheid did not simply disappear with the pronouncement of its legal demise. This is why, even after the apartheid regime ended, South African artists continued to produce work which dealt with elements of the old system of government.
Even though apartheid had existed for centuries, South African artists have not always focused on apartheid and themes of oppression and injustice in their work. One of the earliest and most influential traditions in South African art is the rock art paintings and engravings by the Sans people. Rock art often depicted landscape and people and incorporated geometric elements, and this tradition is still influential in some contemporary art in South Africa.
Another tradition in South African art began during the colonial era with the arrival of the Dutch settlers in 1652. As the Dutch expanded their settlement in South Africa, they increasingly imposed Western culture on the native South Africans, which affected art traditions. Before long, art was seen as a method of recording daily happenings in South Africa for the colonial masters, claiming that their work depicted everyday life in South Africa.
With colonialism drawing to a close at the end of the 19th century, South African artists began making works of art that illustrated the true realities of life in South Africa. The two most influential artists at the time were Jan Volschenk (1853-1936) and Hugo Naude (1869-1941). Volschenk was a self-taught painter of landscapes, and his work is often described as primitive. Naude on the other hand left South Africa to study art in London. When he returned to South Africa, Naude intially intended to be a portrait painter, but found himself very drawn to the outdoors and painting landscapes. Volschenk and Naude were considered the first native South African professional painters.
Following in the footsteps of Volschenk and Naude, South African artists soon began to look to art as a way to communicate ideas and experiences. "The orientation of local paintings had begun to shift from perceptual description of the landscape to the mechanics of visual expression and the search for personally valid methods of communicating experiences." (accessed at http://www.panafricanartists.org/overcomingmaps3/south_african_art_en.htm) South African artists were now dedicated to modern art and they promoted the idea that art can be more than the romantic .
This document provides information on various photography projects featured at the Lagos Photo Festival that explore African identity. Some of the projects depicted include a series on retired Kenyan businesswomen called "Nyanye - League of Extravagant Grannies" by Osborne Macharia; a collection by French photographer Patrick Willocq called "The Art of Survival" depicting the lives of child refugees; and "Profit Corner" by Mario Macilau addressing the issue of electronic waste in Africa. The festival featured numerous other photography projects exploring themes of tradition, modernity, colonialism, rituals, fashion, and social/political issues across the African continent.
The document summarizes an exhibition of photographs taken in the Near East from 1867-1907 by the photography studio Bonfils. It provides background on Bonfils and how their photographs helped define the Western concept of the "Oriental" Near East for European and American audiences. Their photos depicted the landscapes, cities, architecture, and people of Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Constantinople, Greece, and included genre and ethnographic scenes. Bonfils produced tens of thousands of prints and slides that documented the visual culture and ruins of the historically and biblically significant Near East region, capturing the Western romanticized vision of the exotic Oriental landscape and peoples.
The document provides background information on the history and development of photography in Britain. It notes that photography was derived from Greek words meaning "light" and "to draw." Joseph Nicephore Niepce made the first photograph in 1827 with an 8 hour exposure. The document then discusses the tradition of documentary, art, and studio photography in Britain, including work focusing on the working classes. It notes photography struggled for acceptance as an art form in Britain until around 1990. Specific influential British photographers mentioned include Nick Knight, Corinne Day, and Tim Walker.
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Glimpses into the history of street photography in South Africa
1. Author
Kylie Thomas
Research fellow, NIOD Institute for War,
Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
In 1937, Anne Fischer, a young Jewish refugee, fled Nazi persecution and travelled via Palestine,
Italy, Greece and England to South Africa. There she established herself as a photographer.
She set up a portrait studio on Adderley Street in central Cape Town and, by the 1960s, had
become the portrait photographer of choice for wealthy families in the city. In addition to
documenting celebrations, weddings and the arrival of new babies, Fischer served as the official
photographer for several theatre companies. She also produced a large number of images outside
of her studio. These were taken in the streets of Cape Town, in Langa township, in the vibrant
multi-racial neighbourhood of District Six, which the apartheid state declared a “whites-only”
area in 1966, forcing 60,000 people from their homes, and on her travels around the country.
Fischer’s image of a photographer at work outdoors in Cape Town in the 1940s is unusual because it
captures both the making of a portrait and the social world that swirls around the sitters that studio
portraits so often conceal from view.
A studio on the street
The painted backdrop shows large windows opening onto a balcony with an ornate railing and the sea
beyond. Across the water is a volcano with lava and smoke billowing – possibly a depiction of Mt
Vesuvius, which erupted in 1944. Seated before it is a woman holding a small handbag on her lap, her
feet perfectly positioned. Her white clothing looks all the more immaculate when it is compared to the
soiled fabric of the photographer’s coat.
At her side is a young boy who also seems to be dressed in his Sunday best, but his shorts and socks
are misaligned, adding a touching and comical element to the composition, which has an overall
Detail of a photograph by Anne Fischer, Cape Town, c. 1940s. Anne Fischer/Courtesy Iziko Museums of South Africa, Social History Collections/University of
Cape Town Library Special Collections
Glimpses into the history of street photography in South Africa
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2. cheerful air to it. Part of the beauty of the image is that it does not silence the background noise that
accompanied its production.
Instead the photograph contains the elaborate rigging that holds up the
backdrop – the trees, wall and roof of a house that are the ‘real’
background. There are packages and bundles of belongings on the
ground, a bicycle, two people passing, and a woman who might be next
in line to be photographed. Even the photographer and his huge camera
on legs appear within the frame. With his one foot lifted in the air, he
looks as if he might be about to begin a dance with the waiting woman,
whose body seems to be formed by the camera, her head visible above
and her one foot below.
Fischer’s photograph also opens a window into the hidden history of
street photography in South Africa. In the catalogue to an exhibition he
curated, The Other Camera, photographer Paul Weinberg observes that
although many of those who made a living from photography under
apartheid did not have the means to set up their own studios and instead
plied their trade on the street, their work remains largely unrecognised.
He also points out:
Many established Black photographers in South Africa began their careers as street
photographers, notably, Ernest Cole, Santu Mofokeng, Juda Ngwenya … and William
Matlala.
An emerging history
Research on the history of street photography is just starting to emerge. Portraits by the iconic street
photography studio Movie Snaps, which operated from a pavement on the edge of the Grand Parade
in Cape Town, form the basis for a research project, exhibition and short film curated by academic
and filmmaker Siona O’Connell in 2015.
Historian Phindi Mnyaka has written about the work of Daniel Morolong, who began his career as a
street photographer. He established the Morolex Ideal Studios in 1968 in Mdantsane near East
London, a city on the country’s Eastern Cape coast. He photographed urban Black people in their
homes, at significant events and at leisure, often relaxing on the beaches that would a short time later
be racially segregated. The building that housed Morolong’s studio was razed in a fire during the 1990
coup in the Ciskei, one of the so-called ‘homelands’ set up by the apartheid state. Almost all of
Morolong’s equipment and negatives were destroyed.
An incongruous image
Images taken by street photographers under apartheid can be understood as instances of what
academics Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer have termed “incongruous images”. These photographs
“seem to refuse to testify to the alarming context in which they were taken”.
A portrait by a street photographer of anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol walking alongside his
friend Suliman Sujee is exemplary in this regard. This photograph shows us something of what it
meant to occupy public space as a person categorised by the apartheid state as “Indian”, and therefore
as a potential target for state-sanctioned violence. But it does not show us what we expect to see when
Photograph by Anne Fischer, Cape Town, c. 1940s. Courtesy
Iziko Museums of South Africa, Social History Collections
and University of Cape Town Library Special Collections
3. Street photography Ahmed Timol Ernest Cole African photography apartheid art
we look at images of violence.
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Because of this, the photograph instructs us to look more carefully. To consider whether these young
men are dressed so immaculately because, in the context in which they find themselves, it is necessary
for them to assert their dignity, to dress so sharply that it is an affront to those who think themselves
superior in every way. It’s a small yet not so subtle assertion of their worldliness, of their claim to
belonging, that exceeds the narrow confines of racist, retrogressive 1960s South Africa. The
photograph was made not long before Timol was tortured and murdered by the security police, the
22nd person to die in detention.
These kinds of photographs are reminders of untold histories that are only now being unearthed, and
they cast light not only on how people were seen in the violent glare of apartheid, but also on how they
chose to see themselves.
Ahmed Timol and Suliman Sujee,
Johannesburg, c. 1960s. Courtesy the
Ahmed Timol Family Trust