History of Photography: Famous Photographer Project
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INTRODUCTION: You will choose one of the following photographers to research, and present an oral presentation to the class in a 90 second presentation. This assignment will give you the opportunity to delve into one of these photographers, or another one that you are interested in, and learn biographical information about the person.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS: In your presentation, you will cover the following topics:
See Writing Assignment Guidelines for list of photographers and final product expectations.
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT: You will research the photographer and compile a written report and a visual presentation using Animoto. In choosing a photographer, the person must have achievements in photography and contributed something to photography. You must include at least 6-8 examples of the photographers work in the presentation. The presentation must be at least 12 slides with no more than 15 words on each slide. The report should be at least 2 pages long, typed- courier new 12 pt font, double-spaced, and contain a works cited. Be sure to write down all the sources that you obtain information from. This will be included on the Reference page in APA format using NoodleToOls. You must cite all the sources you use (even when you paraphrase or summarize). You will turn in your note taking page along with your paper and references cited.
The reports must be in your own words. If you plagiarize, you will receive a zero for this report and cannot make up the grade. DO NOT COPY AND PASTE FROM THE INTERNET – MS. DIAZ KNOWS WHEN YOU DO THIS! USE RELIABLE/AUTHORITATIVE RESOURCES!
LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHERS:
Eddie Adams – photojournalist
Diane Arbus – life in NYC
Eugene Atget – old time Paris
Richard Avedon – Modern genius in art photography and portraits
Margaret Bourke-White – photojournalist
Mathew Brady – Civil War of US
Bill Brandt – modern, variety
Henri Cartier-Bresson – decisive movement
Julie Margaret Cameron - portrait photographer
Robert Capa – war photographer, Life Magazine
Imogene Cunningham – Group f/64, floral studies
Louis Jaques Mande Daguerre – daguerreotype
David Douglas Ducan – war photographer
George Eastman – Eastman Kodak Co.
Harold Edgerton – strobe photos
Alfred Eisenstaedt – general
Peter Henry Emerson – naturalists
Fredrick Evans – platinum printer, photos of cathedrals
Walker Evans – 1930’s great depression
Arthur Fellig – ambulance chaser, photojournalist
Robert Frank – documented the US
Alexander Gardner – Civil War and Far West
Ernst Haas- pioneer of color photography
William Henry Jackson – Far West
Lewis Hines – child labor photographer
Yousuf Karsh – Europe’s best portrait photographer
Edwin Land – Polaroid inventor
Dorthea Lange – dust bowl and 1930’s
Jaques Henri-Lartigue – young French documentary photographer
Annie Liebovitz – current portrait genius
Nadar – Early Parisian portrait photographer
James Nachtwey – photojournalist
Beaumont Newhall – photo historian
Joseph Nicephore Niepce – first permanent image
Timothy O’Sullican – Civil war and far west
Gordon Parks
Eliot Porter
Man Ray – unusual images
Jacob Riis – New York City Immigrants
Henry Peach Robinson – pictorialist
August Sanders – German portrait photographer
Ben Shawn- general
W. Eugene Smith – photojournalist, the photo essay
Edweard Steichen – general
Alfred Steiglitz – general
Paul Strand- modern
Edward S. Curtis- ethnographer
William Henry Fox Talbot – calotype
Jerry Uelsmann – bizarre and beautiful images from nature, multiple images
Carlton Watkins – turn of the century, master technician
Edward Weston – nature
Minor White – general
James Van der Zee – Harlem’s photographer at the turn of the century
Sandy Skoglund – artist photographer
Robert Mapplethorpe- controversial photographer
***If you choose another photographer not on the list, you must have my approval first.
