Research Paper or "Quote"  
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Assignment # 7)

Spend some time looking at images by a number of different photographers (library, book store, the MOPA bookstore especially). Write a 3 page research paper on the photographer of your choice. Paper should be typed and at college lever (spelling and grammar, as well as content, will be important)

OR:

If you prefer to shoot rather than write, analyze the style of a photographer of your choice. You will need to produce two images "in the style" or "quoting this photographer. Look at such things as subject matter, type of film (grainy or fine grained), camera angle, mood, lighting, print contrast, etc.

Either way, you will be sharing what you’ve learned with the class, so be prepared. Perhaps you will want some visual aids (a book, or photocopies at least ) to illustrate your points.

Some Photographers to Consider:

Ansel Adams

Diane Arbus

Amy Arbus

Eugene Atget

Manuel Alvarez Bravo

Richard Avedon

Wynn Bullock

Harry Callahan

Julia Margaret Cameron

Robert Capa

Keith Carter

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Imogen Cunningham

Judy Dater

Walker Evans

Robert Frank

Lee Friedlander

Flor Garduno

Greg Gorman

Emmet Gowin

Eikoh Hosoe

Yousuf Karsh

Andre Kertesz

Lewis Hine

Graciela Iturbide

Michael Kenna

Dorothea Lange

Mary Ellen Mark

Sally Mann

Robert Mapplethorpe

Duane Michals

Ralph Eugene Meatyard

Pedro Meyer

Abelardo Morell

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

Nicholas Nixon

Arnold Newman

Gordon Parks

Phillip Scholz Ritterman

Sebastiao Salgado

John Sexton

Paul Strand

Alfred Stieglitz

Joyce Tenneson

Edward Weston

Weegee (Arthur Fellig)

 

 

Feel free to choose another well known photographer if you wish, just be sure there is enough information available about them!