Ch #5 Flashcards
Photographic Transparency
make every person view truth and accuracy were best believed by, more information, the better
Photographic Transparency Goal
give audience the impression that the photograph was what they would see had they been there to witness the event
Influence of Painting Christianity
Relied on painter’s vocabulary and picturesque lithographs to determine to depict scene in photographs
Influence of Christianity
Christianity stressed that art should be morally uplifting and instructive which played in how photographs were made
Roger Fenton
Best known for pictures of the Crimean War, which were the first extensive photographic documents of a war
The Valley of the Shadow of Death, 1855, Salt Print
Showing the realities of war without showing people in it
Felice Beato
The first photographer to show the horrific and unglamorous side of war to the British public; His work revealed the unmanipulated photograph made a documented style
The American Civil War
Offered photographers new opportunities to hone their craft, improve their aesthetic, and find ways to link images with text
Matthew Brady
Made about 7,000 negative in NYC in his studio and was awarded $25,000 by the government but ended up half blind and broke; No one else got credit for helping him with the photos; photos of war
Alexander Garner
Self-taught of the wet plate process and worked with Matthew Brady
His first image was of the battle of Antietam that showed the visceral proof that war was not glorious and completely rebuked the myth of the beautiful battleground death
Alexander Gardner, Gardner’s Photographic Sketchbook of War: Vol I, 1866
Featured in Matthew Brady’s gallery but got no credit or money from it
Alexander Gardner, Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg from his sketchbook, 1863, Albumen Silver Print
STAGED He placed people where he wanted them
John Reekie
He was employed by Matthew Brady in Washington D.C. and had images in the Sketchbook of the War
A Burial Party, Cold Harbor, Virginia, 1865, Albumen Silver Print
John Reekie
Timothy H. O’Sullivan
Built his reputation on images that conveyed the destructive power of modern warfare; O’Sullivan’s images of war focused more on subjective sensations than analytical facts