Paul Everard Outerbridge, Jr. was a pioneer of early twentieth century color photographer. His subject matter included still lives, nature, fashion, as well as many nudes. He experimented with a variety of styles and croppings. Accused of producing fetish photography, Outerbridge expressed that nudity is a state of (objective) fact, while lewdity is a state …
Heinrich Kühn was a 19th century Austrian–German photographer recognized as a setting the foundation upon which photography would be recognized as an art form in the same light as painting and drawing. He had family background in the arts and an interest in pursuing art. His grandfather was a sculptor and Heinrich Kühn studied painting. …
Diane Arbus was an American 20th Century photographer who created intimate black and white portraits. Her fine art photographs depicted marginalized people, such as those with mental illness, so-called “freak show” workers, and transgender people. Examples of her portraits included female impersonators, body builders, heavily tattooed people, nudists, and triplets. These images portrayed these people …
Imogen Cunningham was an American 20th century photographer know for botanical photography, figures, and industrial landscapes. She was a founding member of the f/64 group along with Edward Weston, Ansel Adams, and others. She worked mostly with a 4×5 (inch) format film camera, producing black and white fine art photographs. Cunningham photography has been published …
Alfred Stieglitz was a 20th century German-American Photographer, central to the pictorialist movement that popularized the notion that beautiful compositions could be captured in print. His photographs depicted buildings, working-class people, nature, and urban life. Through his work, he elevated photography as an acceptable form of art on par with other media. Stieglitz experimented with …
Man Ray was an American/French photographer working in the avant-garde genres of Dada and Surrealism. He produced various fine art figure, portrait, still life, and landscape photographs. Born: August 27, 1890, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died: November 18, 1976, Paris, France Periods: Dada, Abstract art, Surrealism, Cubism, Modern art Full name: Emmanuel Radnitzky Spouses: Juliet Man Ray …
Edward Weston was a 20th century American photographer perhaps best known for his pioneering photography of the female nude. His innovative approach to the people and places of the American West have been widely influential on art photography. His subjects include landscapes, nudes, portraits, and still lifes. Weston and Tina Moditti opened a photographic studio …