formalism photography
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Formalism Photography
By Eryca Froes and Brianna Aden
Ansel AdamsKnown for his naturalistic approach to photography
Title: Farm workers and Mt. WilliamsonDate: 1943- Internment of Japanese Americans at Manzanar, California.
Element: Texture & Space
Yousuf KarshKnown for his self profits of influential individuals of the time
Title:Ernest HemingwayDate:1957
Karsh referred to Hemingway as “a man of peculiar gentleness, and he attempted to display this gift for capturing the essence of his subjects”.
Element: Emphasis
Lewis HineKnown for his "Work Portraits” which demonstrate the working American class in an industrial setting.
Title: Power house mechanic working on steam pumpDate: 1920
Element: Unity
Peter EssickKnown for the “Ansel Adams” inspired photographs he contributed to several 2011
issues of National Geographic.
Title: Late summer thunderheads build above Garnet Lake.*Inspired by Ansel Adams
Date: 2011Element: Shapes
Henri Cartier-BressonKnown as the father of photojournalism
Title: Man Jumping Over Puddle,Date: 1932
Element: Balance
Dorothea LangeBest known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration
Title: Great DepressionDate: 1930’s
Element: Pattern
Philippe HalsmanMost famously known for his book Halsman on the Creation of Photographic Ideas,
where he contributed a lot to the art of photography
Title: Just jumpDate:1958
Element: Movement
Elliott ErwittKnown for his photography featuring many different breads of dogs
Title: ParisDate:1989
Element: Space
Title:RomeDate: 1996
Element: Lines
Jacques Henri Lartigue
Most famous for his stunning photos of automobile races, planes and fashionable Parisian women from the turn of the century..
Title: Le Jour des Drags auz courses a Auteuil ParisDate:1911
Element: Texture
Alfred Stieglitz
Title: Art of the Beautiful-GrotesqueDate: 2000
Element: Rhythm