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Aspects of ModernismPart One:
‘Pure’ and ‘Straight’ Photography
Early 20th Century- WWI
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“Form follows Function”
● The mantra of modernism● For photography this means that photographs
should look like photographs● No manipulation● A move away from ‘pictorialism’ of the
middle to end of the 19th century● An exploration of the qualities specific to the
medium
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Alfred Steiglitz
● The force behind the establishment of the photograph to the status of an art in it’s own right
● Birth of ‘straight’ photography
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Flatiron building 1903
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The Steerage, 1907
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Pure photography and the f.64 group
● US group based in San Fancisco in early 1930’s● Founded by Willard Van Dyke and Ansel
Adams● Gallery in his home called 683 (Brockhurst
Oakland)● See handout for the group manifesto● Characteristics: sharp focus, detail through
print, natural forms
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Edward Weston, Nude, 1936 and Pepper No.30
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Paul Strand, Wall Street, New York, 1915
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Ansel Adams, (Yosemite), Monolith 1927
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Willard Van Dyke, still from The City, 1938
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Imogen Cunningham, Magnolia Blossom, 1925
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Visual Language of pure and straight photography
● Depth of field-as much of the image in focus as possible
● Contrast- strong use of full tonal range (black to white)
● Exquisite hand printing, no manipulation● Subject matter: Art genres eg: still life and the
nude, landscape etc.● The City, people in relation to technology
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Further Reading
● Newhall, B, The History of Photography, Chapter 10, ‘Straight Photography’
● Clarke, G, The Photograph, Chapter 9, ‘The photograph as Fine Art’