Snapshot photography represents a democratization of photography, but absolutely not a democratization of art photography. It was a different animal from the start and remains one today. Thomas Walther built for himself a collection of Modernist masterpieces, the all-important added joke being that every one of them is accidental and that he himself is the de facto artist.
Just as I can allude to a painter like Magritte in a found photo if I feel like it, I can also find allusions to specific photographs, to photographic movements, and to art photography itself. What statistically rare enjoyment they do provide will come from treating them as found objects: from somehow pulling them out of context. The further question is what kind of photographic standards to use when we do that.
Snapshots, when they become found photos, are accidentally occurring images that fit with our tastes, so I think some sort of implied comparison is inevitable. Sign in. Accessibility help Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer. Choose your subscription. Trial Try full digital access and see why over 1 million readers subscribe to the FT. For 4 weeks receive unlimited Premium digital access to the FT's trusted, award-winning business news.
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This Harper's Bazaar layout from August designed by Brodovitch shows three models, photographed by Richard Avedon, in black and white and wearing a tweed pattern on the left, and on the right, in color, wearing violet. The women create a lively, joyous impression, as they appear to move across the page, approaching the viewer on the far right as if ready to leap off the page. The text, on the left page, announces in violet font "The Ultra Violets" almost as if the trio were a contemporary musical group.
From the beginning of his tenure at the magazine, Brodovitch was, in the words of fashion critic Charlotte Cowles, "itching to banish the stodgy black-and-white society portraits that still dominated By the s Avedon was revolutionizing fashion photography with images, such as this, that embodied a new American woman, full of vitality and femininity. Content compiled and written by Rebecca Seiferle.
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The disease of our age is this boredom and a good photographer must successfully combat it. The only way to do this is by invention - by surprise. Summary of Alexey Brodovitch The Russian Alexey Brodovitch began his career in the s in Paris as a designer before going on to revolutionize fashion photography and magazine publications in America.
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