Quiz Bowl: Stieglitz, Steichen, and Strand.

Part 1:

Listen to the audio file at the Met exhibition audio page and answer the following questions in a word document and submit to the faculty drive nyoung->dropbox:

1. What did Stieglitz do to advance photography as an art? What were his activities, other than his photographic ones?  Be specific
2. Insiders knew Stieglitz first gallery as?
3. (extra credit requires some research- who used to live in the answer above?)
4. Who were the photo-secessionists? What did they believe in?
5. Who was Stieglitz’ protégé?
6. How much did he get paid by Stieglitz for the first prints he ever sold?
7. What influenced American’s view/Stieglitz view of what modern art was?
8. Which European painters were shown by Stieglitz?
9. What interesting things happen in 1907?
10. Who was Paul Strand’s mentor? What famous work did his mentor do?
11. What are the 3 major themes in Paul Strand’s work?
12. Paul Strand goes from pictorial style photographs to more ‘modern’ photographs. What do these terms mean
13. What did he feel was missing from his work even though Stieglitz loved it?
14. Who was Alfred Stieglitz love interest? How many pictures did he take of her in total?
15. What are the ‘Equivalent’ series about?
16. At the heart of Stieglitz worldview, photography isn’t just a documentary medium, it is an ____________medium.

Answer the following questions that are not based on the audio by doing some online research

1. Who was the first director of photography at the Museum of Modern Art? What was this person’s landmark exhibition called?
2. What was the name of this person’s third wife and how much younger was she than him?
3. Who was the chief photographer of Conde Nast for a time?

Part 2:

By going online and doing some research, create 10 questions whose answers are either ‘Steiglitz, Steichen or Strand’

We will be breaking up into teams which will compete against each other.

One on One Conversations about Narrative Assignment

Due March 23rd: Narrative Assignment: 30 Points

Requirements:

IN ONE FOLDER with your name followed by the word STORY, submit the following

• A minimum of 6 photographs in .psd file format with all layers so that I can see your color balance, levels or curves, ‘retouch layers’ and sharpening in the file. Label your layers accordingly. Files should be named in order of the story sequence 1.psd, 2.psd, 3.psd etc.

• 200 photographs submitted in a contact sheet in the faculty drop box. File should include your name and use the following format:  yourname_narrative.pdf

Point System/Checklist

Have you submitted your contact sheet and  at least 6 photographs? (10 points )

Is your story communicated clearly? (5 points)

Are ALL photographs interesting compositions? (5 points)

Are ALL photographs technically correct- By technically correct I mean the following: Have your pictures been correctly color balanced? Have they been exposed correctly? Are all areas of the picture sharp when necessary?  (5 points)

Have you printed out 8.5×11 prints ready to show for final critique? (5 points)

Download the requirements in pdf.