Module 7 Art Assignment

11/8/21, 10:30 AM Straight Photography

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Straight Photography

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Straight photography emerged in the early twentieth century and was a way of thinking about photography as independent and unique from other artistic media like painting. It attempted to capture a scene as objectively as possible therefore it didn't rely on methods of photographic manipulation. One of the first photographers to experiment with straight photography was Alfred Stieglitz in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He would often employ straight photography to depict everyday scenes of modern life as seen in his photograph The Terminal.

Alfred Stieglitz, The Terminal. 1893, printed 1911. Photogravure. Source: flickr (https://www.flickr.com/phot os/37775831@N02/3775792984/in/photolist-6KDVH3) License: CC BY-NC 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/ 2.0/)

Watch the 10 minute video segment below from the documentary film called Alfred Stieglitz: The Eloquent Eye (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j2N1Bdh830) to learn more about Alfred Stieglitz

11/8/21, 10:30 AM Straight Photography

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and his photographs.

Instructions: 1. Visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art's website

(https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/270032) and read the short description about The Terminal by Alfred Stieglitz.

2. Take your own Stieglitz inspired photograph using the method of straight photography. Keep to his theme of illustrating the everyday scenes of modern life--but updated to illustrate life today.

3. In a paragraph (5-6 sentences) describe how your photograph uses the method of straight photography. Also, describe how the subject matter represents life today.

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