Art Movements & Isms

PICTORIALISM

time period : 1880 – 1920

Key characteristics/ conventions : hand made to look artistic, dream like aesthetic, romantic, scratched negatives,

Artists associated: Alfred Stieglitz, Robert Demachy, George Henry Seeley

Key works:

Methods/ techniques/ processes: Vaseline on camera lens, distortion,

REALISM / STRAIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY

Time period: 1910 – 1940

Key characteristics/ conventions : face reality, sharp focus, emphasis on framing and structure, abstract,

Artists associated: Edward Western, Walker Evans, Paul Strand, Dorothea Lange, Lewis W Hine, 

Key works:

Methods/ techniques/ processes: Abstract, documentary, street scenes.