Expressive Photography

When it’s not pictorial, not documentary, and not commercial,

what is it?

Resources

Heilbrun Timeline of Art• http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/intro/atr/atr.htm

• A chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated by the Metropolitan Museum's collection.

The George Eastman House Museum of Photography• http://www.geh.org.

Haus, Andreas and Frizot, Michael. “Figures of style: New Vision, New photography.” in A New History of Photography, ed. by Frizot, M. Chap 27, 457-467. KÖNEMAN, Koln, 1998.

“New Photography”

Stieglitz Pictorial background Moholy-Nagy Bauhaus

Minor White-Spiritual Callahan New Bauhaus-Inst. Design

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Laughlin-Spiritual ⇔ Siskin-Institute of Design

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F. Sommer-Self taught Metzker-⇔ Institute of Design

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Meatyard-Self-taught

Gibson-US Navy & self-taught

Stieglitz -- Equivalent

Stieglitz -- Equivalent

Minor White – Devil’s Slide

Minor White -- Wall

New BauhausLazlo Moholy-Nagy

Moholy-Nagy“Photogram”

Harry Callahan -- Eleanor

Harry CallahanLake Michigan

Aaron Siskind

Aaron Siskind

Ray Metzker – Man in the Canoe

Ray Metzker

Clarence John LaughlinBrick Wall

Clarence John LaughlinHysteria

Frederick SommerChicken

Frederick SommerCoyotes

Ralph Meatyard -- Mask

Ralph Meatyard -- Wings

Ralph Gibson

Ralph Gibson

Stieglitz

• The image captured not the thing, but the feeling he had at the time he tripped the shutter.

• Photography was not necessarily pictorial, straight, or documentary; it could be subjective and expressive.