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Photography as an Art Form
Comparison Essay # 10426
Photography as an Art Form
Compares & contrasts 2 photos with similar subjects in terms of form, content & technique: "Migrant Mother California" (Dorothea Lange) & "Tomoko in Her Bath" (Eugene Smith).
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages) |
9 sources |
2001
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"In the United States, photography has for several decades served the aims of both art and social documentation (Adams, 1994, p. 489). As an art form, photography can present compelling, challenging images that engage viewers in both form and content -- as well as opportunities for photographers to experiment with form, content, and techniques of representation. This brief essay will compare and contrast two photographs with a similar subject matter (i.e., mothers and their children) that were taken by two very different photographers in two distinctly different historical periods. The first photograph is Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother, California" (1936), and the second is W. Eugene Smith's "Tomoko in Her Bath" (1972).Dorothea Lange was one of several American photographers for the Farm Security Administration (FSA), a "New Deal" federal.."
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