Write an essay that describes photography’s impact on Modernism, and on painting in particular.

Photography

Write an essay that describes photography’s impact on Modernism, and on painting in particular.

For this choice, you will need to write at least 2 pages and include:

  • At least 3 images/photographers or painters.
  • Describe how photography changed the priorities of painting beginning in the 1840s.
  • Describe how Alfred Stieglitz and Gallery 291 became a force in the American Avant-Garde.
  • Talk about photography’s unique character as a Modernist tool in art. What makes photography particularly Modernist?