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4.3: Photographer Presentation Assignment

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    Dorothy Norman
    Figure \(\PageIndex{24}\): Alfred Stieglitz. Dorothy Norman, 1932. (Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons)

    Image description: Black and white headshot of photographer Dorothy Norman. She has a neutral expression on her face and wears a dark hat that covers most of her hair.

    Purpose and Description

    This assignment is designed to introduce students to a variety of photographic artists. Each student will choose one photographer to research and then present about the artist in class using PowerPoint.

    Requirements & Assessment

    The presentation should address the following topics:

    • Biographical details.
    • Historical factors that may have influenced the work.
    • Technological factors that may have influenced the work.
    • Significant images: Show the evolution of the photographer’s practice. Images must include captions in Chicago style citation format.
    • Ideas and concepts found in the photographs: What makes this photographer’s work unique? What other artists and photographers was your photographer in conversation with?

    The PowerPoint must include a bibliography in Chicago style citation format of at least five sources: 1 book, 1 website, 1 article, 2 sources of your choice (documentary, interview, etc.); include captions and citations for the images.

    Photographers

    Note that this is not an exhaustive list of potential subjects, nor does it include the artists listed as examples in the previous chapters.

    Aaron Siskind
    Abelardo Morell
    Adam Fuss
    Aimee Beaubien
    Albert Renger-Pasch
    Alec Soth
    Alejandro Cartagena
    Alexander Rodchenko
    Alessandra Sanguinetti
    Alfred Stieglitz
    Allan Sekula
    Alvin Langdon Coburn
    Andre Kertesz
    Andreas Gursky
    Andres Serrano
    Andy Goldsworthy
    Anna & Bernard Blume
    Anna and Bernhard Blume
    Anna Atkins
    Annie Leibovitz
    Ansel Adams
    August Sander
    Awol Erisku
    Barbara Crane
    Barbara Kasten
    Barbara Kruger
    Barbara Probst
    Barbara Rosenthal
    Bea Nettles
    Ben & Hilda Becher
    Berenice Abbot
    Bill Brandt
    Bill Owens
    Brassai
    Brian Ulrich
    Bruce Davidson
    Bruce Nauman
    Carmen Winant
    Carolyn Drake
    Catherine Opie
    Cecil Beaton
    Christian Schad
    Christopher Williams
    Chuck Close
    Clarence John Laughlin
    Collier Schorr
    Corinne Day
    D’Angelo Lovell Williams
    Daidō Moriyama
    Daniel Gordon
    Danny Lyon
    David Hilliard
    David Hockney
    David LaChapelle
    David Levinthal
    Deana Lawson
    Deborah Willis
    Diane Arbus
    Dora Maar
    Dorothy Norman
    Doug Dubois
    Duane Michaels
    Eadweard Muybridge
    Edward Burtynsky
    Edward Weston
    E.J. Belloq
    El Lissitzky
    Elle Pérez
    Elliot Erwitt
    Ernest Haas
    Eudora Welty
    Eugene Atget
    Eve Arnold
    Francis Joseph Brugiere
    Frederick Sommer
    Garry Winogrand
    Gillian Wearing

    Gordon Matta-Clark
    Gregory Bojorquez
    Guanyu Xu
    Gustave Le Gray
    Hank Willis Thomas
    Hannah Hoch
    Hannah Wilke
    Hans Bell
    Harry Callahan
    Helen Levitt
    Helen Van Meene
    Helmut Newton
    Henri-Cartier Bresson
    Hiroshi Sugimoto
    Ilse Bing
    Imogen Cunningham
    Irving Penn
    Ishan Tankha
    Jack Delano
    Jacob Riis
    James VanDerZee
    James Welling
    Jason Lazarus
    Jerry Ulesmann
    Jess T. Dugan
    Jessica Labatte
    Jill Greenberg
    Jimmy DeSana
    Joan Fontcuberta
    Joel Sternfeld
    Joel Peter Witkin
    John Baldessari
    John Heartfield
    John Opera
    John Pfahl
    John Stezaker
    John Szarkowski
    Josef Koudelka
    Josef Sudek
    Julia Margaret Cameron
    Justine Kurland
    Karl Blossfeldt
    Ken Fandell
    Larry Clark
    Larry Sultan
    Lauire Simmons
    Laura Aguilar
    Lauren Greenfield
    Lazlo Maholy Nagy
    Lee Friedlander
    Leslie Hewitt
    Lewis Baltz
    Lewis Carroll
    Lewis Hine
    Lisette Model
    Liz Seschennes
    Lorna Simpson
    Louis Carlos Bernal
    Louise Lawler
    Luigi Ghirri
    Lyle Askton Harris
    Lynne Cohen
    Man Ray
    Manuel Alvarez Bravo
    Marcel Duchamp
    Margaret Bourke White
    Mariah Robertson
    Marion Post Wolcott
    Martha Rosler
    Martin Parr
    Marzena Abrahamik
    Masahisa Fukase
    Mathew Brady
    Matt Lipps
    Maurice Tabard
    Min Kim Park
    Minor White
    Mitch Epstein
    Miyako Yoshinaga

    Myriam Boulos
    Nadar
    Nakeya Brown
    Nan Goldin
    Neil Winokur
    Nic Nicosia
    Nicephore Niepce
    Nicholas Nixon
    Nobuyoshi Araki
    Odette England
    O. P. Sharma
    Oscar Gustave Rejlander
    Oscar Nerlinger
    Paul D’Amato
    Paul Graham
    Paul Mpagi Sepuya
    Paul Outerbridge
    Paul Strand
    Peter Hujar
    Philip-Lorca diCorcia
    Prarthna Singh
    Ralph Eugene Meatyard
    Renee Cox
    Renike Dijkstra
    Reynaldo Rivera
    Richard Avedon
    Richard Learoyd
    Richard Misrach
    Richard Prince
    Rinko Kawauchi
    Robert Adams
    Robert Capa
    Robert Frank
    Robert Heinecken
    Robert Mapplethorpe
    Rodrigo Valenzuela
    Roger Fenton
    Roni Horn
    Ruben Ortiz Torres
    Sally Mann
    Sandy Skoglund
    Sara Van Der Beek
    Sarah Charlesworth
    Sebastiao Salgado
    Shannon Ebner
    Sharon Core
    Sherrie Levine
    Sophie Calle
    Srinivas Kuruganti
    Stephen Shore
    Steven Molina Contreras
    Susan Meiselas
    Taryn Simon
    Terry Evans
    Thomas Struth
    Tierney Gearon
    Tina Barney
    Tina Modotti
    Tod Papageorge
    Todd Hido
    Tokihiro Saito
    Tommy Kha
    Tseng Kwong Chi
    Uzma Mohsin
    Viviane Sassen
    Walker Evans
    Wendy Red Star
    Whitney Bradshaw
    William Eggleston
    William Wegman
    Wolfgang Tilmnans
    Wynn Bullock
    YAMAMOTO MASAO
    Yousuf Karsh
    Zackary Drucker
    Zanelle Muholi
    Zeke Berman
    Zoe Leonard
    Zoe Strauss

     


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