Photography

Photography

The Photographic Record

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Questions

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How can photography act as an archive of personal and cultural history?

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August Sander. Bohemians. 1925

August Sander. Viennese Jockey. 1929 August Sander. Member of Parliament, Democrat. 1927

What do these portraits have in common? Note the style, titles, and subjects.

Eugène Atget. Courtyard, 22 rue Quincampoix. 1912

Eugène Atget. Rue Lanneau. 1925

Eugène Atget. Cour, 7 rue de Valence. 1922

Eugène Atget. Cabaret de L’Enfer, Boulevard de Clichy. 1910

What similarities and differences do you find in these photos by Eugène Atget?

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Let’s compare the work of Atget and Sander. How are they similar? How are they different?

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August Sander. Viennese Jockey. 1929Eugène Atget. Cabaret de L’Enfer, Boulevard de Clichy 53. 1910

What questions do these photographs raise?

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Carrie Mae Weems. Images 13-15 from the series From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried. 1995

What is happening in these images?

Walid Raad. My Neck Is Thinner Than a Hair: Engines. 1996–2004

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Let’s compare these series by Weems and Raad.

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Walid Raad. My Neck Is Thinner Than a Hair: Engines. 1996–2004

Carrie Mae Weems. Image 14 from the series From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried. 1995