PHOTOGRAPHIC CONTEXT & HISTORY (ongoing)

EUGÈNE ATGET
1857-1927
French

Known for his photographs of Paris streets, architecture and the occasional person.
Long exposure times create a dreamlike sense of light in his images.
Most of his work was only published after his death.

BOKEH

Japanese word for senility or dizziness and by extension, haze or blur.
Background blur w/ shallow plane focus wide aperture
The shape of bOKEh is dtermined by the shape of aperture blades

Alfred Stieglitz
1864-1946
US
Important figure in promoting photography as a viable art form.
Was a publisher, patron, collector, gallery owner, promoter of all kinds of art,
Married to painter Georgia O'Keeffe.

Aperture
True: The larger the aperture, the more out of focus the background will be.







Edward Steichen
Life: 1879-1973
Nationality: American
Quote: “A photograph is worth a thousand words, provided it is accompanied by only ten words.” – Edward Steichen
1. At the age of 68 Steichen was named director of photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. 
2. At his 90th birthday celebration, he said, "When I first became interested in photography, I thought it was the whole cheese. 
3. His family settled in Hancock, Michigan, in 1881, where the father worked in a copper mine.
4. He served as a judge of submissions for U.S. Camera Annual in 1943. He is responsible for the publication of Ansel Adams' famous image titled ‘Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico’.