Reconfigured Eye

Edward Weston

Born 1886 – Illinois, grew up Chicago, 16: photographer, 1906, first publication of photographs, move California, 1922: move New York City – met Stieglitz, O’Keefe, others, 1923 – Mexico City: opened photo studio – Diego Rivera,

David Siqueiros, Jose Orozco – Weston master of 20th century art, close-ups, natural forms, nudes, landscapes – 1929 California, Adams and others, photo

club, f/64, 1941 – photo illustration sof Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, 1948 stopped taking photos (parkinson’s disease), 1946 MOMA NY – retrospective,

sons continued to print negatives until his death, 1958

Paul Strand

Born NY 1890, 12: photography, 1904: joined school to learn, apprentice to Lewis Hine, photographer of immigrants to Ellis Island, introdiced to Stieglitz

and others, 1911: self-employees commercial photographer, “Straight Photography” method, worked closely with Stieglitz, WWI medic, 1925+ film

cameraman, Depression: active in politics, 1935: Russia, back to US – began making documentaries, 1945 MOMA retrospective, moved to France –

blacklisted by American officials, 1976 – dies.

Composite Images

Henry Peach Robinson, Oscar G. Reijlander, John Heartfield, Jerry

Uelsmann

Robinson – composite of 5 negatives

Reijlander – numerous negatives

Heartfield - PhotoMontages

Uelsmann

Bayer Pattern