1. Modernism: Industrial Beauty
History of Photography Part 5:
Modernism: Industrial Beauty
AQ4MI, Mrs. E. Kalinowski

2. A Shift in Subject Matter…again.
Industrial Revolution 18th/19th Centuries
The introduction of machines, steam power, factories, and mass production of consumer goods
Modernist Artists abandoned traditional subject matter and portrayed contemporary events and experimental representation
Technology changed society  people moved to urban areas for work; life was fast-paced
Continued emphasis on form of the subject
Touchstone: individual freedom over social authority
What does this mean?

3. Futurism – the beauty of speed
Time, speed, dynamism, motion, action, progression
“Continuous time in a fixed space”
Subjects moved while the lens remained open
Anton Bragaglia,
Self Portrait,
Changing Position,
1911

4. Futurism – the beauty of speed
Anton Bragaglia, Dynamic Portrait of a Woman, 1924

5. Stereo Chronocyclegraph
Use of light to capture authentic movement, a way to measure productivity, efficient workers=machine-like
Subjects had lights attached to them, open lens captured the light/movement
Frank B & Lillian M Gilbreth,
Photograph of Inefficient Work Operation,
1935

6. Stereo Chronocyclegraph
Frank B & Lillian M Gilbreth,
Light Painting Photography,
1914

7. Surrealism & the Unconscious
Releases the creative potential of the unconscious mind; a juxtaposition of images; referents to dreams, sex, mind, manic writing, liberation of emotions
Hans Bellmer,
La Poupee,
1935

8. Surrealism & the Unconscious
Hans Bellmer, La Poupee, 1935
Hans Bellmer, La Poupee, 1935

9. Dada & Photomontage
“Dada”  International movement mocking artistic convention and emphasizing the illogical/the absurd
“Frottage” – rubbing
“Cliché Verre”- etching on a photo
Max Ernst,
Mr. Knife, Miss Fork
1931

10. Dada & Photomontage
Combination of photography, collage (paper), paint, etc.
Hannah Hoch,
Indian Female Dancer
1930

11. Suprematism & Collage
“Suprematism”  Russian abstract art movement involving simple, geometric shapes associated with politics and purity
Photography and collage combined with interesting angles, perspectives
Aleksandr Rodchenko,
She is on the bed, She’s lying/He/The telephone is on the table
1923