Historic Black and White Photography
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Overview and quickfacts
Historic black and white photography is a style of photography that dates back to the early days of the medium. It is characterized by its use of black and white film, as well as its focus on capturing moments in history. Historic black and white photography is often seen as a more classic style of photography. It is known for its ability to capture the feeling of a moment in time, as well as its ability to convey a sense of history.
The art style is also known as: Vintage black and white photography, classic black and white photography, antique black and white photography.
Categories: Impressionism, Modernism
1. Lewis Hine (1874-1940) 2. James Van Der Zee (1886-1983) 3. Roy DeCarava (1919-2009) 4. Gordon Parks (1912-2006) 5. Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) 6. Walker Evans (1903-1975) 7. Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) 8. Annie Leibovitz (born 1949) 9. Richard Avedon (1923-2004) 10. Irving Penn (1917-2009) 11. Helmut Newton (1920-2004) 12. Bill Cunningham (1929-2016) 13. Weegee (1899-1968) 14. Bruce Davidson (born 1933) 15. Elliott Erwitt (born 1928) 16. Diane Arbus (1923-1971) 17. Robert Frank (1924-2019) 18. Sebastião Salgado (born 1944) 19. Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) 20. Edward Weston (1886-1958) 21. Ansel Adams (1902-1984) 22. Paul Strand (1890-1976) 23. Brassaï (1899-1984) 24. Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) 25. André Kertész (1894-1985) 26. John Szarkowski (1925-2007) 27. Aaron Siskind (1903-1991) 28. Garry Winogrand (1928-1984) 29. Jay Maisel (born 1931) 30. Joel Meyerowitz (born 1938)
1. “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” by Katsushika Hokusai (1829-1833) 2. “The Hay Wagon” by American painter Andrew Wyeth (1942) 3. “Nighthawks” by American painter Edward Hopper (1942) 4. “Migrant Mother” by American photographer Dorothea Lange (1936) 5. “The Breakfast Table” by American painter Edward Hopper (1868-1869) 6. “The Scream” by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch (1893) 7. “The Kiss” by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt (1908) 8. “The Persistence of Memory” by Spanish painter Salvador Dali (1931) 9. “The Starry Night” by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (1889) 10. “The Birth of Venus” by Italian painter Sandro Botticelli (1486) 11. “The Mona Lisa” by Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci (1503-1519) 12. “The Last Supper” by Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci (1495-1498) 13. “The Sistine Chapel Ceiling” by Italian painter Michelangelo (1512) 14. “The Night Watch” by Dutch painter Rembrandt (1642) 15. “Guernica” by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso (1937) 16. “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” by Pablo Picasso (1907) 17. “The Old Guitarist” by Pablo Picasso (1903) 18. “American Gothic” by American painter Grant Wood (1930) 19. “Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2” by French painter Marcel Duchamp (1912) 20. “Fountain” by Marcel Duchamp (1917) 21. “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” by German painter Hans Richter (1920) 22. “The Battleship Potemkin” by Russian director Sergei Eisenstein (1925) 23. “Metropolis” by German director Fritz Lang (1927) 24. “The Godfather” by American director Francis Ford Coppola (1972) 25. “Citizen Kane” by American director Orson Welles (1941) 26. “The Birth of a Nation” by American director D.W. Griffith (1915) 27. “Gone with the Wind” by American director Victor Fleming (1939) 28. “The Wizard of Oz” by American director Victor Fleming (1939) 29. “The Godfather, Part II” by American director Francis Ford Coppola (1974) 30. “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” by American director Steven Spielberg (1982)
Detailed Description
Historic black and white photography has been around since the early 1800s. The first permanent photograph was taken by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826. The earliest surviving photograph of a person is believed to be this one, taken by Niépce in 1826 or 1827 of a man named Boulevard du Temple. The daguerreotype, the first commercially successful photographic process, was introduced in 1839. Daguerreotypes were usually one-of-a-kind images, because the expensive process of making them did not lend itself to easy reproduction. The next major development in black and white photography came in 1851, when Frederick Scott Archer introduced the wet plate collodion process. This process was much cheaper and easier to use than the daguerreotype, and it quickly became the preferred method of photography. One of the most famous early photographers was Mathew Brady, who is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War. Brady’s photographs were some of the first to bring the realities of war to the public. Other famous early photographers include Lewis Hine, whose photographs documented child labor in the early 20th century, and Ansel Adams, whose black and white landscapes are some of the most iconic images in American art.
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1. Lewis Hine (1874-1940) 2. James Van Der Zee (1886-1983) 3. Roy DeCarava (1919-2009) 4. Gordon Parks (1912-2006) 5. Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) 6. Walker Evans (1903-1975) 7. Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) 8. Annie Leibovitz (born 1949) 9. Richard Avedon (1923-2004) 10. Irving Penn (1917-2009) 11. Helmut Newton (1920-2004) 12. Bill Cunningham (1929-2016) 13. Weegee (1899-1968) 14. Bruce Davidson (born 1933) 15. Elliott Erwitt (born 1928) 16. Diane Arbus (1923-1971) 17. Robert Frank (1924-2019) 18. Sebastião Salgado (born 1944) 19. Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) 20. Edward Weston (1886-1958) 21. Ansel Adams (1902-1984) 22. Paul Strand (1890-1976) 23. Brassaï (1899-1984) 24. Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) 25. André Kertész (1894-1985) 26. John Szarkowski (1925-2007) 27. Aaron Siskind (1903-1991) 28. Garry Winogrand (1928-1984) 29. Jay Maisel (born 1931) 30. Joel Meyerowitz (born 1938)
Known Paintings / Pictures / Images
1. “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” by Katsushika Hokusai (1829-1833) 2. “The Hay Wagon” by American painter Andrew Wyeth (1942) 3. “Nighthawks” by American painter Edward Hopper (1942) 4. “Migrant Mother” by American photographer Dorothea Lange (1936) 5. “The Breakfast Table” by American painter Edward Hopper (1868-1869) 6. “The Scream” by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch (1893) 7. “The Kiss” by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt (1908) 8. “The Persistence of Memory” by Spanish painter Salvador Dali (1931) 9. “The Starry Night” by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (1889) 10. “The Birth of Venus” by Italian painter Sandro Botticelli (1486) 11. “The Mona Lisa” by Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci (1503-1519) 12. “The Last Supper” by Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci (1495-1498) 13. “The Sistine Chapel Ceiling” by Italian painter Michelangelo (1512) 14. “The Night Watch” by Dutch painter Rembrandt (1642) 15. “Guernica” by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso (1937) 16. “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” by Pablo Picasso (1907) 17. “The Old Guitarist” by Pablo Picasso (1903) 18. “American Gothic” by American painter Grant Wood (1930) 19. “Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2” by French painter Marcel Duchamp (1912) 20. “Fountain” by Marcel Duchamp (1917) 21. “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” by German painter Hans Richter (1920) 22. “The Battleship Potemkin” by Russian director Sergei Eisenstein (1925) 23. “Metropolis” by German director Fritz Lang (1927) 24. “The Godfather” by American director Francis Ford Coppola (1972) 25. “Citizen Kane” by American director Orson Welles (1941) 26. “The Birth of a Nation” by American director D.W. Griffith (1915) 27. “Gone with the Wind” by American director Victor Fleming (1939) 28. “The Wizard of Oz” by American director Victor Fleming (1939) 29. “The Godfather, Part II” by American director Francis Ford Coppola (1974) 30. “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” by American director Steven Spielberg (1982)
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