Your midterm is coming up in two weeks, please take a look at the short list for the midterm under “Class Downloads.”
Andre Kertesz, Eiffel Tower-Summer Storm, 1927
Also, take your time to view the first 37 minutes of the following video:
The video is on Alfred Stieglitz and the Photo Secessionists. Pay attention to the Pictorialists, and Stieglitz’s three-pronged strategy to elevate the status of photography. What do you think they are? Also make note of the transition from Pictorialism to Straight Photography and the impact of the Armory Show of 1913 and modern art.
And here’s the link to the Emerson video that wouldn’t play in class:
One more note, I will only be able to check email sporadically over the next 4 days and I don’t know how well I can access CUNY email overseas, therefore, if you email me, I may not be able to respond right away.
