4.3: Photographer Presentation Assignment — Read

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Purpose and Description

This assignment is designed to introduce students to a variety of photographic artists while fostering information literacy by locating and integrating diverse sources into coherent and visually engaging presentation. Each student will choose one photographer to research and then present about the artist in class using PowerPoint.

Figure \(\PageIndex{24}\): Alfred Stieglitz. Dorothy Norman, 1932. (Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons)Image description: Black and white headshot of photographer Dorothy Norman. She has a neutral expression on her face and wears a dark hat that covers most of her hair.

Requirements & Assessment

The presentation should address the following topics:

Biographical details.
Historical factors that may have influenced the work.
Technological factors that may have influenced the work.
Significant images: Show the evolution of the photographer’s practice. Images must include captions in Chicago style citation format.
Ideas and concepts found in the photographs: What makes this photographer’s work unique? What other artists and photographers was your photographer in conversation with?

The PowerPoint must include a bibliography in Chicago style citation format of at least five sources: 1 book, 1 website, 1 article, 2 sources of your choice (documentary, interview, etc.); include captions and citations for the images.

Photographers

Note that this is not an exhaustive list of potential subjects, nor does it include the artists listed as examples in the previous chapters.

List of photographers
Aaron Siskind Abelardo Morell Adam Fuss Aimee Beaubien Albert Renger-Pasch Alec Soth Alejandro Cartagena Alexander Rodchenko Alessandra Sanguinetti Alfred Stieglitz Allan Sekula Alvin Langdon Coburn Andre Kertesz Andreas Gursky Andres Serrano Andy Goldsworthy Anna & Bernard Blume Anna and Bernhard Blume Anna Atkins Annie Leibovitz Ansel Adams August Sander Awol Erisku Barbara Crane Barbara Kasten Barbara Kruger Barbara Probst Barbara Rosenthal Bea Nettles Ben & Hilda Becher Berenice Abbot Bill Brandt Bill Owens Brassai Brian Ulrich Bruce Davidson Bruce Nauman Carmen Winant Carolyn Drake Catherine Opie Cecil Beaton Christian Schad Christopher Williams Chuck Close Clarence John Laughlin Collier Schorr Corinne Day D’Angelo Lovell Williams Daidō Moriyama Daniel Gordon Danny Lyon David Hilliard David Hockney David LaChapelle David Levinthal Deana Lawson Deborah Willis Diane Arbus Dora Maar Dorothy Norman Doug Dubois Duane Michaels Eadweard Muybridge Edward Burtynsky Edward Weston E.J. Belloq El Lissitzky Elle Pérez Elliot Erwitt Ernest Haas Eudora Welty Eugene Atget Eve Arnold Francis Joseph Brugiere Frederick Sommer Garry Winogrand Gillian Wearing	Gordon Matta-Clark Gregory Bojorquez Guanyu Xu Gustave Le Gray Hank Willis Thomas Hannah Hoch Hannah Wilke Hans Bell Harry Callahan Helen Levitt Helen Van Meene Helmut Newton Henri-Cartier Bresson Hiroshi Sugimoto Ilse Bing Imogen Cunningham Irving Penn Ishan Tankha Jack Delano Jacob Riis James VanDerZee James Welling Jason Lazarus Jerry Ulesmann Jess T. Dugan Jessica Labatte Jill Greenberg Jimmy DeSana Joan Fontcuberta Joel Sternfeld Joel Peter Witkin John Baldessari John Heartfield John Opera John Pfahl John Stezaker John Szarkowski Josef Koudelka Josef Sudek Julia Margaret Cameron Justine Kurland Karl Blossfeldt Ken Fandell Larry Clark Larry Sultan Lauire Simmons Laura Aguilar Lauren Greenfield Lazlo Maholy Nagy Lee Friedlander Leslie Hewitt Lewis Baltz Lewis Carroll Lewis Hine Lisette Model Liz Seschennes Lorna Simpson Louis Carlos Bernal Louise Lawler Luigi Ghirri Lyle Askton Harris Lynne Cohen Man Ray Manuel Alvarez Bravo Marcel Duchamp Margaret Bourke White Mariah Robertson Marion Post Wolcott Martha Rosler Martin Parr Marzena Abrahamik Masahisa Fukase Mathew Brady Matt Lipps Maurice Tabard Min Kim Park Minor White Mitch Epstein Miyako Yoshinaga	Myriam Boulos Nadar Nakeya Brown Nan Goldin Neil Winokur Nic Nicosia Nicephore Niepce Nicholas Nixon Nobuyoshi Araki Odette England O. P. Sharma Oscar Gustave Rejlander Oscar Nerlinger Paul D’Amato Paul Graham Paul Mpagi Sepuya Paul Outerbridge Paul Strand Peter Hujar Philip-Lorca diCorcia Prarthna Singh Ralph Eugene Meatyard Renee Cox Renike Dijkstra Reynaldo Rivera Richard Avedon Richard Learoyd Richard Misrach Richard Prince Rinko Kawauchi Robert Adams Robert Capa Robert Frank Robert Heinecken Robert Mapplethorpe Rodrigo Valenzuela Roger Fenton Roni Horn Ruben Ortiz Torres Sally Mann Sandy Skoglund Sara Van Der Beek Sarah Charlesworth Sebastiao Salgado Shannon Ebner Sharon Core Sherrie Levine Sophie Calle Srinivas Kuruganti Stephen Shore Steven Molina Contreras Susan Meiselas Taryn Simon Terry Evans Thomas Struth Tierney Gearon Tina Barney Tina Modotti Tod Papageorge Todd Hido Tokihiro Saito Tommy Kha Tseng Kwong Chi Uzma Mohsin Viviane Sassen Walker Evans Wendy Red Star Whitney Bradshaw William Eggleston William Wegman Wolfgang Tilmnans Wynn Bullock YAMAMOTO MASAO Yousuf Karsh Zackary Drucker Zanelle Muholi Zeke Berman Zoe Leonard Zoe Strauss

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