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THEORY AND PRACTICE OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY Program

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Theory and Practice of Contemporary Photography

- Daniela Giuliani -

 

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I Late 50’s and 60’s
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A. Pop Art - Beat
  
1. Andy Warhol
 2. William Klein
 3. Robert Frank . Les Americains 
 
4. Ed van der Elsken 
5. Christer Stromholm 
6. Spain : Agrupaciò Fotogràfica de Catalunya 
7. A new born figure : Paparazzi 
8. VIVO – Japanese Photographic Cooperative
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B. Street Photo - Great Rebirth
1. Garry Winogrand
2. Lee Friedlander
3. Elliot Erwitt
4. William Gedney
5. Bernard Plossu (photo “on the road”)
6. Moma’s exhibition “New Documents”
 
C. Images
1. Collagist
2. Recording
 
II 70's
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A. New investments on Photography
1. Museums
2. Universities
3. Photographic Auctions
4. General knowledge increases
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B. General Crises 
1. Television - breaks through reducing the importance of photography
2. Tourism – increase of mass tourism having a camer
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C. The Colourists
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D. Narrative Art / Conceptual Art / Body Art
 
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III: New Topographics
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A.  Exhibition organized by Williams Jekins at the George Eastman House
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B. Big changes in landscape photography 
 
 
IV The Environment and Man
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A. In Europe
 
B. “Italian Journey” created byLuigi Ghirri
 
C. Around the world
 
 
V. Photojournalism since the 80’s – Big political social and cultural battles
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A. The Magazines spread out after WWII
 
B. The 70’s and Television
 
C. Digital Revolution
 
D. Eugene Richards
 
E. Sebastiao Salgado
 
F. Larry Fink
 
G. Paul Graham
 
H. Anna Fox
 
 
VI. New York speaks through the body
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A. Robert Mapplethorpe – taboo topics were accepted because of their beauty
 
B. Nan Goldin – violence tenderness and death
 
C. Cindy Sherman – self portraits but of different personalities
 
 
VII Fashion and Commercial Photography
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A. Richard Avedon
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B. Irvine Penn
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C. Hiro
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D. Art Kane
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E. Helmut Newton
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F. Guy Bordin
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G. Sarah Moon
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H. Oliviero Toscani
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I. Barbara Kruger
L. Jeff Wall
 
VIII Staged Photography (the 90’s)
 
A. Laurie Simmons
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B. Hiroshi Sugimoto
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C. Boyd Webb
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D. Sandy Skoglund
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E. Clegg & Gutteman
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F. Joan Fontcuberta 

IX Picture Generation
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A. Hijacking other people’s images
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B. Photographer is the one who uses the images. Not necessary the images must be his
 
 
IX. Digital Era
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A. Art or Photography?
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B. Globalization
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D. Copy Rights
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E. Photography and Social Networks
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F. Artists using both Videos and Photography
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1. Shirin Nashat
2. Doug Aitken
3. Darren Almond
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