History of Photography

History of Photography I chose for my term paper three extremely different photographers, who lived in the same era, yet they had contrary set of ideas. As I was analyzing which photographers I was going to write my term paper on, I ran into Robert Mapplethorpe. The reason why I wanted to analyze him was because I realized that such a talented photographer began experimenting his first photographs in the early 1970s with a Polaroid …

…also enjoyed photographing institutionalized people. I think she photographed what she felt closest to and could assimilate more. She was extremely close to Richard Avedon, and people believe that the inspiration for printing 2 1/4 negatives so that the Kodak name on the edges, came from the work of Richard Avedon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Bibliography: · “A World History of Photography” by Naomi Rosenblum · Britannica Online www.britannica.com · Encarta Online www.encarta.com · AOL Server www.aol.com