Friday, April 18, 2008

Final Exam Study Slide - 15


Robert Frank
Parade - Hoboken, New Jersey
1956

From Frank's book, The Americans

Final Exam Study Slide - 14


Lewis Baltz
South Wall Xerox Element #27 The New Industrial Parks Near Irvin, CA
1975

See your text for information on this photograph!!

Final Exam Study Slide - 13


Robert Adams
Untitled (Denver 1970)
1970

Know the term!! - New Topographic

Final Exam Study Slide - 12


Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Untitled (Boy in Old Man's Mask with Doll)
c. 1960

Meatyard made eyeglasses for a living. On the weekends he would load his family in the station wagon and explore the south photographing strange and mysterious scenes concocted by Meatyard himself of his wife and children.

Final Exam Study Slide - 11


Lewis Hine
Icarus atop the Empire State Building
1931

Final Exam Study Slide - 10


Stephen Shore
Horseshoe Bend Motel Lovell, Wyoming, July 16, 1973
1973

From Shore's Book, Uncommon Places

Final Exam Study Slide - 9


Joel Strenfeld
After a Flash Flood, Rancho Mirage, CA
1979

Traveling the United States with an 8x10 view camera and a police scanner, Sternfeld documented both the familiar and the sometimes unbelievable events of everyday life in his book, American Prospects.

Final Exam Study Slide - 8


David Levinthal
from "Hitler Moves East"
1975-77

See class notes for more information!!

Final Exam Study Slide - 7


Henri Cartier-Bresson
Behind the Gaze St. Lazare, Paris
1993

HCB's work coined the phrase, "the decisive moment".

Final Exam Study Slide - 6


Eugene Atget
Shop, Avenue des Gobelins
1925

Photographing early 20th century Paris, Atget made images of the early morning city streets, creating a haunting but beautiful record of the urban landscape. For most of his life Atget's work was unrecognized and he struggled financially. It was only after his death and with the help of photographer Bernice Abbot that his work became well known.

Final Exam Study Slide - 5


Walker Evans
Alabama Tenant Farmer Floyd Burroughs
1936

During the 1930s, Evans made photographs for the Farm Security Administration(FSA). One of his subjects was the Burroughs family of Hale County Alabama.

Final Exam Study Slide - 4


Man Ray
Natacha
1930

Working with Lee Miller, Man Ray perfected the technique of solarization, as seen in this image. Ray is also well known for his "Rayographs", where he used translucent and three dimensional objects to create photograms. He was also an influential member of both the Dada and Surrealist movements.

Final Exam Study Slide - 3


Cindy Sherman
Untitled Film Still #48
1979

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Bernd and Hilla Becher
Water Towers
1972-1998

Beginning their collaboration at the Düsseldorf Academy in Germany, the Bechers photographed the industrial architecture populating the landscape. In focusing on architecture designed more for function than form, they created a typology of utilitarian structures.

Final Exam Study Slide - 1


Dorthea Lange
Migrant Mother, Nipomo, CA
1936

As part of the Farm Security Administration(FSA), Lange photographed the plight of the rural poor as they traveled across the United States in search of work and food.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

FINAL EXAM

The final exam will be held in our normal classroom at 1pm on April 22nd. You are free to use your text and notes during the test. See you there!!!