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1
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camera obscura

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big room, hole, image reflected upside down

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2
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camera lucida

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Latin, “lighted room.” A device in which a small lens projects the image of an object downward onto a sheet of paper.

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3
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Niépce

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produced first successful permanent photograph, june/july 1826/27

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4
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Niépce photograph

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View From His Window

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5
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how long was view from window exposure

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8 hours

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6
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Daguerre

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daguerreotypes, one of several people who invented photography

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7
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daguerre exposure time

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30 minutes

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8
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daguerre photography

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boulevard du temple, paris

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9
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what is important of boulevard

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first photo with person in it

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10
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what is person doing

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getting a shoe shine

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11
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Fox Talbot

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“first” book to use photographs as illustrations

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Fox Talbot picture

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The Open Door, 1843

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13
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why was lace often photographed

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each town had a unique pattern/look

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14
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The Pencil of Nature

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Fox Talbot’s book

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15
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Herschel

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managed to fix pictures permanently, owe term photography to him

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16
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Cyanotype

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developed by Herschel, Prussian-blue tone

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17
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Collodion Process

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gelatinous base that allows light sensitive chemistry to stick

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18
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Bayard

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direct positive printing

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19
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Bayard picture

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Self-Portrait as a Drowned Man (first selfie)

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20
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Peach Robinson

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pioneer of pictorials photography

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21
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Peach Robinson pictures

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Fading Away
Dawn and Sunset

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22
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what is girl suffering from in Fading Away

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tuberculosis

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23
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Rejlander

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combination printing

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24
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Rejlander pictures

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Two Ways of Life
The Bachelor’s Dream

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25
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Anna Atkins

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considered to be first female photographer, actually published first book with photographs as illustrations

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26
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Atkins photo

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Cyanotype Photogram of Feathers

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27
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Julia Margret Cameron

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portraits of eminent people

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28
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who did Margaret Cameron photograph most

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her niece Julia

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29
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Margaret Cameron photos

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Julia Jackson
Sir John Herschel

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30
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Clementina Hawarden

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primary subjects were her daughters

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31
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Hawarden photos

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Clementina Maude and Florence Elizabeth (her 2 daughters)
Isabella Grace and Florence Elizabeth Maude (her 2 daughters on balcony)

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32
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Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson aka Lewis Carroll

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photographed many young girls in the nude

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33
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Dodgson photo

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Alice Liddell (inspiration for Alice in Wonderland)

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34
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Nadar (ne Tournachon)

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celebrity portrait, first to use artificial light, first to do aerial photography, first to exhibit impressionist art, photographic interview

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35
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Nadar photos

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Adrien Tournachon
Sarah Bernhardt

36
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Disderi

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carte de visite

37
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carte de visite

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small visiting card portraits

38
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who made Disderi famous

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Prince Napoleon

38
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who made Disderi famous

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Prince Napoleon

39
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Disderi photo

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Prince Napoleon 1860

40
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Fenton

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coverage of Crimean War

41
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Fenton photo

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Valley of the Shadow of Death
Vista Furness Abbey

42
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what is interesting about Valley of the Shadow of Death

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a lot of the cannonballs are fake, were added later

43
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Brady

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American Civil War

44
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Brady photos

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Wounded Soliders in Hospital
Abraham Lincoln

45
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what is interesting about wounded soldiers

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most died of gangrene

46
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what is interesting about Abe Lincoln

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first photo used in a presidential campaign

47
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Gardner

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hired by Brady, took almost macabre photos of the Civil War

48
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Gardner photo

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Home of Rebel Sharpshooter

49
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what is interesting about Rebel

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body was dragged to photo

50
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Timothy H O’Sullivan

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American Civil War

51
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O’Sullivan photos

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Harvest of Death, Gettysburg PA
Desert Sand Hills Near Sink of Carson, NV

52
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Carleton Watkins

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panoramas of Yosemite

53
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Watkins photo

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Coast View Number One

54
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why is sky overexposed in Coast View

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Orthochromatic film

55
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Edward S. Curtis

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photographed Native Americans

56
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Curtis photos

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Bear’s Belly
Hamasta Emerging from the Woods

57
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Thomas Eakins

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used photography as aid in painting

58
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Eakins photo

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Motion Study (pole vault)

59
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Eadweard Muybridge

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early study of human and animal locomotion, studies and inventions were acknowledged by pioneers of motion pictures

60
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Muybridge photo

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The Horse in Motion
Descending Stairs and Turning Around

61
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Étienne-Jules Marey

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devoted to animal photography and mechanics

62
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Marey photo

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Flying Pelican

63
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Harold Eugene Edgerton

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invented strobe light

64
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Edgerton photo

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Milk Drop Coronet
Queen of Hearts Playing Card hit by .30 Caliber Bullet

65
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Jacob A. Riis

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muckraker, work on behalf of urban poor, brutal documentation of sweatshops, disease ridden tenements, and overcrowded schools

66
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Riis photos

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Bandits’ Roost
Hebrew Makes Ready for Sabbath

67
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Riis book

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How The Other Half Lives

68
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Lewis Wickes Hine

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documentation of child labor, affected child labor laws

69
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Hines photos

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Sadie Pfeiffer
Breaker Boys
Icarus Atop Empire State Building

70
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Why were Icarus and Daedalus escaping

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the minatour

71
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what island did I and D escape from

72
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Sebastião Salgado

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Brazilian social documentary photographer

73
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Salgado photos

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Gourma-Rharous
Full View of the Serra Pelada gold mine
Firefighters at Work

74
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what does Salgado mainly photograph

75
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Alfred Stieglitz

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among the first to introduce avant garde art to American public
editor of Camera Work
first to really photograph in bad weather

76
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Edward Steichen

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has to make living unlike Stieglitz and Strand
head of photography for navy during WWII
first curator of photos at MoMA
Conde Nast celebrity portraits

77
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Paul Strand

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20 yrs younger than Stieg and Steich
introduces hard penumbra to photographs
new york street portraits

78
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Gertrude Käsebier

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well knwon for work in portraits
background in painting
said to take photos how a mother would

79
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Fred Holland Day

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influenced by decadent movement
labeled as eccentric
Boston fam that traced roots back to Mayflower

80
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Jacques-Henri Lartigue

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informal shots of everyday subjects
started photography very young

81
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why are wheels oval in Papa

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focal plane shutter

82
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Andre Kertesz

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photos of ordinary life

83
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Eugene Atget

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pioneer in social documentary photography

84
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Brassai (Gyula Halasz)

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responsible for paris becoming city of lights and lovers
first photos same time as surrealism

85
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penumbra

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where shadow and highlight meet

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