What are Typologies?
- Typologies are sequences of photographs that share one unique theme and focus on one subject, much like a photographic genre.
What was "The Face of the Times"?
- "The Face of the Times" was a selection of portraits published by August Sander in 1929.
Which magazine did Rodchenko design?
- Alexander Rodchenko designed the magazine ‘USSR in Construction’, which was a collaboration of photomontages.
What is a photo-montage?
- A photo-montage is a collection of photographs that are pasted together, like a collage to construct one image. This process can be used to tell a story of and show different angles and aspects of a subject.
Why did Eugene Atget use albumen prints in the 1920’s?
- Eugene Atget used albumen prints, as he did not know how to use the modern techniques and printing processes, of the time.
What is solarisation and how was it discovered?
- Solarisation is a photographic technique where the negative is reversed in tone. The darks are now light and the light parts are now dark. The final images look strange and people seem to look like metallic and more two-dimensional. This techneqiue was discovered by Man Ray in the late 1920's.
What was the relationship between Bernice Abbott and Eugene Atget?
- Bernice Abbott was Eugene Atget's photographic assistant. she became the largest collector of Atget's work. She purchased 5000 of Atget's negatives and took them to America, where she promoted and publicised Eugene Atget's work.
Why was Walker Evans fired from the FSA?
- Walker Evans was fired from the FSA because he could not make his personal vision of documentary photography, conform to that of the propaganda requirements of the FSA's in 1937.
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