Sarah Koontz 30701

Mark Klett created the term re-photography recreated 19th century documentary photographs rephotographic survey project began in 1977 time, memory, public intervention a delicate complexity of recovered human and geological narratives blur time and space collage with other art from the same time Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Stills 1970s puts together an image of "woman" theatrical representation mimicking films mostly pictures of herself not considered self potrait vehicle for discussing women's condition in media creates a fictitious character mixed messages about the role of "woman" looking for approval of her role domestic violence posed "Men watch women and women watch themselves being watched by men... ultimately women begin to present themselves in the way they believe men want to see them. The result is the loss of self. images go through so many reproductions and representations of woman photographs of herself in d...

Media and culture becomes dependent on photos people start to believe photos more than reality shaping our psyche redefining our identity shifts from being objective to subjective, situational performed photography Pop Art  appropriated mainstream culture Commercialism Edward Weston sex sells puts the woman in the position of power still vulnerable bc she's half naked The Male Gaze™ Frank Majore Blue Martini, 1983 includes marlboro brand places in gallery the lighting influences the interpretation of the painting Bollinger advertisement Appropriation postmodernists believed originality was no longer possible mocks the concept of the culture of images the quality of the photograph is less important Richard Prince photographed magazine advertisements, blew them up, and displayed them in galleries marlboro man Sherrie Levine copies famous pictures the pictures stop belonging to the photographer, now belongs to the culture photo of a ...

camera obscura  used as help for drawing compositions pinhole cameras First photograph 1826  Nicephore pewter plate exposed for 8 hours contact printed made silver photography, works with daguerre Daguerreotype 1838 Calotypes William Fox Talbot and John Herschel patented 1841 predecessor to today's chemical film Photography becomes popular publicized many people wanted their portrait Tintypes Hamilton Smith 1860 more permanent, durable, non-perishable, more clear George Eastman Kodak camera in 1888 popularized roll film more convenient brownie camera in 1901 made photography very popular Color photography first in 1861 using three color method suggested by James Clerk Maxwell and taken by Thomas Sutton first printed on paper in 1872 Autochrome Lumiere brothers first commercially successful color process Kodachrome first commercially viable color film Transformed perception of the medium Eadweard Muybridge...