Can understand it also, as:
Vintage black and white photography, classic black and white photography, antique black and white photography.

Categorize it as:
Impressionism, Modernism

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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. Historic black and white photography refers to the process of creating photographs using black and white film or paper.

2. Black and white photography was first used in the late 1800s.

3. Black and white photography offers a unique way to view the world, as it eliminates color distractions.

4. The tones and contrast in black and white photography can create a more dramatic effect than color photography.

5. Black and white photography can be used to create a vintage or antique look.

6. Many photographers believe that black and white photography is more “artistic” than color photography.

7. The first commercially available black and white film was introduced in 1884.

8. The first color photograph was taken in 1861, but it was not widely available until the 1930s.

9. The first digital black and white photograph was taken in 1957.

10. Many modern photographers still prefer to shoot in black and white, despite the popularity of color photography.

11. There are a number of software programs that can be used to convert color photographs to black and white.

12. Some photographers use black and white film to create a “retro” look.

13. Black and white photography can be used to create a more “serious” or “elegant” look.

14. Many fine art photographers prefer black and white photography.

15. Some photographers believe that black and white photography is more “timeless” than color photography.

16. Black and white photographs can be printed on a variety of different papers, including traditional darkroom papers and inkjet papers.

17. Some black and white films are still manufactured, although they are not as widely available as they once were.

18. There are a number of online galleries that showcase black and white photography.

19. Black and white photography books are still published, and there are a number of websites devoted to the subject.

20. Many museums and art galleries still exhibit black and white photographs.
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Artists (be aware, speculation possible):

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)

Artworks (be aware, speculation possible)

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)

Epoch

The time period of the art style Historic Black and White Photography is the late 1800s to the early 1900s.