Portrait Photography

Question 1

Why was photography such a sensation?

Answer 1

You no longer had to wait a long time for a portrait. Pictures of people are more accesibe.

Question 2

What’s the difference between Calotype and Daguerreotype?

Answer 2

Calotype was a paper negative/paper positive that was reproducible, resulted in a more fuzzy image.
Daguerreotype was a singular piece in itself, one-of-a-kind image, was sharper.

Question 3

Why Photographic Portraits first?

Answer 3

Painted portraits were Royal, Noble, and/or Wealthy.

Question 4

Why do Daguerreotypes have to be in case?

Answer 4

Easily damaged, required mirror.

Question 5

Southworth and Hawes

Answer 5

1843-1862: Boston Daguerreotypes - quality over quantity

Question 6

How did Transcendentalism go hand in hand with Daugerreotypists Southworth and Hawes?

Answer 6

Capturing the essence of the natural world, a symbolic nature.

Question 7

Who created Fixer?

Answer 7

Sir John Herschel

Question 8

Who was the Calotype equivalent to Southworth and Hawes?

Answer 8

Hill and Adamson

Question 9

How did Hill and Adamson’s work differ from Southworth and Hawes’?

Answer 9

More based in reality - enviornments.

Question 10

What was Julia Margaret Cameron’s role in Portraiture?

Answer 10

Daring composition - headshots, using titles to create emotional narrative.

Question 11

What was Paul Strand known for?

Answer 11

(1920’s-1950’s) Straight portraits

Question 12

Yosuf Karsh

Answer 12

(1940’s-1960’s) Known for photographing people of his time. Winston Churchill. Intricately lit photos.

Question 13

Arnold Newman

Answer 13

(1950’s-1980’s) Very much about environment. -Stravinsky-

Question 14

Irving Penn

Answer 14

(1950’s-1990’s) Neutral environments, backgrounds “don’t matter”. Light generally from above.

Question 15

Richard Avedon

Answer 15

(1950’s-2004) Neutral backgrounds. Beekeeper, triple portrait of Stravinsky.

Question 16

Robert Mapplethorpe

Answer 16

(1972-1989) Portraits of someone at the “height” of something. Homoerotic photographs on pedestal. (National Endowment for Arts)

Question 17

Cindy Sherman

Answer 17

(1976 to present) Self-portraits as characters from history, movies, culture. Exploring relationship of women and their portayal.

Question 18

Annie Leibovitz

Answer 18

(1970’s to present) Chronicled American culture.

Question 19

Alec Soth

Answer 19

(2000 to present) Large format camera. Layered environments - Man with planes.

Question 20

Suzanne Opton

Answer 20

(1970’s to present) Soldier - war in Iraq or Afghanistan. heads on ground.

Question 21

Loretta Lux

Answer 21

(1990’s to present) Large headed children. Parts from multiple photos and combines them. Composite reality.

Question 22

Chuck Close

Answer 22

(1960’s to Present) Daguerreotypes, Brad Pitt

Question 23

Micah Garen

Answer 23

(2006 to Present) 4x5 camera to photograph soldiers, farmers, robots

Question 24

Zwelethu Mthethwa

Answer 24

(1990’s to Present) South African photography. moving away from afro-pessimism

Question 25

Pieter Hugo

Answer 25

(2006-present) 3rd world country of technology not necessary sent from 1st world. Transcending portraiture.