History of Photography

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Final Exam Spring 2020

History of Photography

VA 2520

**Plagiarism: If I detect direct lifting from Internet sources or textbooks, there will be severe penalties. Write your answers in your own words to express your knowledge and understanding.

Due Date: 11:59pm Monday, May 11th on Blackboard (PDF, DOC file)

1. Characterize the works by these artists and what their goals were. Include the term that describes their work.

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2. Identify and compare the following two images and discuss the intent of each photographer.

3. What are the characteristics of the three images below? What are the names of the techniques employed? How were the images created and for what purpose?

4. Throughout the 1920s and ‘30s, photographers and filmmakers in the Soviet Union embraced many of the same radical social theories about the visual arts and used similar techniques to challenge preconceptions. Discuss the techniques that both photographers and filmmakers used in their work. Hint: Think about the homework exercise you did.

5. Identify the two photographs below and discuss the purpose of each image. What issues were addressed in these works? Can you link the issues to the current political environment?

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6. In 1955, a large photography exhibition was mounted in New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Discuss the theme of the exhibition and the critical reception of the curator’s choices of display and arrangement of works. Identify the title of the exhibition.

7. The following photographers employed specific formal practice called “____________.” Fill in the blank and explain what it is.

8. Compare the following two works. Identify them, then discuss the theme of the works and the medium each artist employed, and the ways in which each artist constructed the space.

9. Identify the following two images, and then discuss the methods each photographer employed.

10. Discuss at least three examples from the categories of Street Photography and Social Landscape in the 1960s in the US. Indifferent to social reform, these artists focused on other themes. What were the interests of these photographers?