Erich Solomon

*first candid photography

Bernd and Hilla Becher

*Conceptual Photography (illustration of ideas now that photography is more accessible- 60's and 70's)

* Photographs bare little nostalgia-staightforward 

Bernd and Hilla Becher

*Conceptual Photography (illustration of ideas now that photography is more accessible- 60's and 70's)

* Photographs bare little nostalgia-staightforward 

Barbara Kruger

*prominent in late 80's

*lots of black, white, and red

*aggresive images- pro choice

Andre Kertez

*friend of Brassai

*Hungarian-born

*Significant to photojournalism

Andre Kertez

*friend of Brassai

*Hungarian-born

*Significant to photojournalism

Allan Sekula

*disagreed with the notion common in photography that you can make anything look "good"

*post-modern- contradictory, ironic

Allan Sekula

*disagreed with the notion common in photography that you can make anything look "good"

*post-modern- contradictory, ironic

Aaron Siskind

*Harlem Document

*after cold war- after post-war optimism

Aaron Siskind

*Harlem Document

*after cold war- after post-war optimism

Bernice Abbott

*versatile

*trained with Man Ray

*heavily influenced by Eugene Aget's photos of Paris- did her own version of photos of NY

Bernice Abbott

*versatile

*trained with Man Ray

*heavily influenced by Eugene Aget's photos of Paris- did her own version of photos of NY

Bernice Abbott

*versatile

*trained with Man Ray

*heavily influenced by Eugene Aget's photos of Paris- did her own version of photos of NY

Bernice Abbott

*versatile

*trained with Man Ray

*heavily influenced by Eugene Aget's photos of Paris- did her own version of photos of NY

Brassai

*lots of Paris night-life

*reminded people of a vampire because he would wander the streets of Paris at night, taking photos

Brassai

*lots of Paris night-life

*reminded people of a vampire because he would wander the streets of Paris at night, taking photos

Bruce Nauman

*conceptual photographer

Henri Cartier-Bresson

*one of the first to use a hand-held camera

*founder of Magnum (photo movement)

*created "decisive moment" which deeply influenced street and documentary photography

Cindy Sherman

*often did self-portraits where she would disguise herself

*post-modern

Cindy Sherman

*often did self-portraits where she would disguise herself

*post-modern

Danny Lyons

*wanted to "destroy life magazine": show America's uglier side with prisons and poverty

*influenced "new journalism", documentary photography

*rode with bikers, knew prisoners, was very close with subjects.

Danny Lyons

*wanted to "destroy life magazine": show America's uglier side with prisons and poverty

*influenced "new journalism", documentary photography

*rode with bikers, knew prisoners, was very close with subjects.

Danny Lyons

*wanted to "destroy life magazine": show America's uglier side with prisons and poverty

*influenced "new journalism", documentary photography

*rode with bikers, knew prisoners, was very close with subjects.

Danny Lyons

*wanted to "destroy life magazine": show America's uglier side with prisons and poverty

*influenced "new journalism", documentary photography

*rode with bikers, knew prisoners, was very close with subjects.

Diane Arbus

*studied with Lisette Model

*liked showing people in unflattering ways or photographed straight-up ugly and deformed people

*crazy

Diane Arbus

*studied with Lisette Model

*liked showing people in unflattering ways or photographed straight-up ugly and deformed people

*crazy

Dorothea Lange

*most famous for migrant mother photo

*co-founder of FSA, took photos to gain sympathy for middle Americans suffering from Great Depression

*her photos gained sympathy for social equity programs

Edward Ruscha

*beat generation

*used text in his images

Edward Steichen

*Curated Family of Man (over 500 images from 270 photographers that represented life, love, and death all over the world

*Heavily influential and powerful in photography world

*Influenced by Alfred Stieglitz

Edward Weston

*part of the F64 (camera setting) movement

*unlike Allan Secoula, thought that you could make anything look pretty

*part of California Modernism (post WWII optimism)

Edward Weston

*part of the F64 (camera setting) movement

*unlike Allan Secoula, thought that you could make anything look pretty

*part of California Modernism (post WWII optimism)

Edward Weston

*part of the F64 (camera setting) movement

*unlike Allan Secoula, thought that you could make anything look pretty

*part of California Modernism (post WWII optimism)

Eugene Smith

*fought to show images of wounded and dead in war

*member of Magnum

*contributed to Family of Man

*did photoessay called "Country Doctor"

Eugene Smith

*fought to show images of wounded and dead in war

*member of Magnum

*contributed to Family of Man

*did photoessay called "Country Doctor"

Eugene Smith

*fought to show images of wounded and dead in war

*member of Magnum

*contributed to Family of Man

*did photoessay called "Country Doctor"

Eugene Smith

*fought to show images of wounded and dead in war

*member of Magnum

*contributed to Family of Man

*did photoessay called "Country Doctor"

Garry Winogrand

*street photographer

*"I photographed to see what things would look like photographed

*contributed to Family of Man

*art is in the selection

Garry Winogrand

*street photographer

*"I photographed to see what things would look like photographed

*contributed to Family of Man

*art is in the selection

Gordon Parks

*worked for FSA

*Gothic America w/powerful images of black people

Gordon Parks

*worked for FSA

*Gothic America w/powerful images of black people

Graciela Iturbide

*studied with Manuel Alvarez Bravo

*enjoyed mixing modernism with tradition

Graciela Iturbide

*studied with Manuel Alvarez Bravo

*enjoyed mixing modernism with tradition

Hannah Hoch

*romantic and professional partners with Raoul Hausmann

*Berlin Da-Da movement

*One of the first prominent female da da photographers

*used photo montage

Hans Bellmer

*used disturbing doll parts in photos

*anti-nazi

*Berlin da da

Imogen Cunningham

*photographed flowers

*member of F64

John Baldessari

*conceptual photographer

*began to use words in photos

*used the theme of "repair/retouch"

John Baldessari

*conceptual photographer

*began to use words in photos

*used the theme of "repair/retouch"

John Heartfield

*German dada- used photo-montage

*very anti-nazi, made fun of Hitler

Larry Clark

*post-modern

*photographs were very explicit, teenagers having sex

*Harmony Korine

*dysfunctional families

Lee Friedlander

*social documentarian/social landscapes

*put himself in photographs-subtle

*did book on American Monuments

*inspired by "The Americans" by Robert Frank

Lee Friedlander

*social documentarian/social landscapes

*put himself in photographs-subtle

*did book on American Monuments

*inspired by "The Americans" by Robert Frank

Lewis Baltz

*New Topographics-photographs of man-altered landscapes-related to minimalism, antithesis of ansel adams

*neutral and dispassionate

*cookie-cutter/industrial parks

Lewis Baltz

*New Topographics-photographs of man-altered landscapes-related to minimalism, antithesis of ansel adams

*neutral and dispassionate

*cookie-cutter/industrial parks

Lisette Model

*unflattering street photography

*taught Diane Arbus

*friends with Bernice Abbott

*funnily enough, also did fashion photography

El Lissitzky

*dada, self-portrait is often contrasted with Steichen's painting-like self-portrait

Lucas Samaras

*took photographs of himself and mutilated them

*conceptual

Man Ray

*created "rayographs"

*influenced by Freud

*experimented with light

Man Ray

*created "rayographs"

*influenced by Freud

*experimented with light

Man Ray

*created "rayographs"

*influenced by Freud

*experimented with light

Manuel Alvarez Bravo

*mistro of Mexican photography

*combined surrealism and modernism

*contributed to family of man

Manuel Alvarez Bravo

*mistro of Mexican photography

*combined surrealism and modernism

*contributed to family of man

Martha Bourke-White

*first photo on cover of life magazine

*documentary photography

*contributed to new visual culture by being one of the first photographic war correspondents

Martha Bourke-White

*first photo on cover of life magazine

*documentary photography

*contributed to new visual culture by being one of the first photographic war correspondents

Martha Rosler

*post-modern

*juxtaposed domestic pleasures with worldly conflicts

*feminist photography

Martha Rosler

*post-modern

*juxtaposed domestic pleasures with worldly conflicts

*feminist photography

Nacho Lopez

*studied with Bravo

*displayed contradictions in Mexican culture

*used mannequins

Nacho Lopez

*studied with Bravo

*displayed contradictions in Mexican culture

*used mannequins

Nan Goldin

*post-modern

*ballad of sexual dependency

*similar to Lary Clark in terms of grittiness

Nan Goldin

*post-modern

*ballad of sexual dependency

*similar to Lary Clark in terms of grittiness

Paul Outerbridge Jr.

*influenced new way to advertise- bigger images, less text

*modernist

Richard Avedon

*famous fashion photography- put models in cool situations, drew attention away from clothes but it worked

*famous unflattering portraits of people

*Worked for Harper's Bazaar and Vogue

Raoul Hausmann

*Berlin dada

*Partners with Hannah Hoch

*photo-montage

Raoul Hausmann

*Berlin dada

*Partners with Hannah Hoch

*photo-montage

Richard Avedon

*famous fashion photography- put models in cool situations, drew attention away from clothes but it worked

*famous unflattering portraits of people

*Worked for Harper's Bazaar and Vogue

Richard Avedon

*famous fashion photography- put models in cool situations, drew attention away from clothes but it worked

*famous unflattering portraits of people

*Worked for Harper's Bazaar and Vogue

Richard Prince

*post-modern

*cowboy imagery

Richard Prince

*post-modern

*cowboy imagery

Robert Frank

*post cold-war

*highly influential "the americans" project- road trip over two years, many images

Robert Frank

*post cold-war

*highly influential "the americans" project- road trip over two years, many images

Robert Frank

*post cold-war

*highly influential "the americans" project- road trip over two years, many images

Robert Heinechen

*took part in the transition from conceptual to post-modern

*Founder of photo dept. at UCLA

*lots of images of TV, often commented on Vietnam War

*an artist who uses photography

Robert Heinechen

*took part in the transition from conceptual to post-modern

*Founder of photo dept. at UCLA

*lots of images of TV, often commented on Vietnam War

*an artist who uses photography

Robert Heinechen

*took part in the transition from conceptual to post-modern

*Founder of photo dept. at UCLA

*lots of images of TV, often commented on Vietnam War

*an artist who uses photography

Robert Rauschenberg

*pop art- influenced by Andy Warhol

*work is familiar to berlin dada with collage

Robert Smithson

*pop art period

*camera as record keeper

Robert Smithson

*pop art period

*camera as record keeper

Roy DeCarava

*stark black in photos

*worked with Langston Hughes on Sweet Flypaper of life

*post cold-war

Roy DeCarava

*stark black in photos

*worked with Langston Hughes on Sweet Flypaper of life

*post cold-war

Russell Lee

*FSA period

*displayed frontier virtues and self reliance

Russell Lee

*FSA period

*displayed frontier virtues and self reliance

Edward Steichen

Walker Evans

*FSA

*no one should pick up polaroid 'til they're 60

*Let Us Praise Famous Men w/James Agee

*Fired from FSA-Striker wanted images with more sympathy

*nostalgic quality to images

Walker Evans

*FSA

*no one should pick up polaroid 'til they're 60

*Let Us Praise Famous Men w/James Agee

*Fired from FSA-Striker wanted images with more sympathy

*nostalgic quality to images

Walker Evans

*FSA

*no one should pick up polaroid 'til they're 60

*Let Us Praise Famous Men w/James Agee

*Fired from FSA-Striker wanted images with more sympathy

*nostalgic quality to images

Willard Van Dyke

*F64- California Modernism

*sharp focus

Willard Van Dyke

*F64- California Modernism

*sharp focus

William Eggleston

*rich color photography

*from American south-nostalgic quality

William Eggleston

*rich color photography

*from American south-nostalgic quality

William Wegman

*broom thrower

*played with camera and manipulation