Thursday, February 8, 2018

Self Diptych


photographic context & history (ongoing)

Eugène Atget
1857-1927
French
Known for his photograph of paris streets, architecture, and the occasional person.
long exposure times create a dreamlike sense of light in his image
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Alfred Stieglitz
1864-1946
US
Important figure in promoting photography as a viable art form
Was a publisher, patron, collector, gallery owner, promoter........ of all kinds of art.
married to the painter Georgia O'Keeffe
"I have always been a great believer in today. Most people live either in the past or in the future, so that they really never live at all. So many people are busy worrying about the future of art or society, they have no time to preserve what is. Utopia is in the moment. Not in some future time, some other place, but in the here and now, or else it is nowhere."

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Edward Steichen
life years: 1879-1973
nationality: Luxembourgish American 
A quote: "Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product."
Four noteworthy 'things' about him:
1. Born on March 27 and died March 25
2.Married 3 times
3. was an Aries
4. 19 most famous person to be born in luxembourg
5. took a lot of pictures of people
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