Press Usage

The alliance of photography with the popular press led to an era of creativity in the medium in the 1930s, with eye-catching layouts replacing the traditional rectangular photo format. But before long press photography took on a potent life of its own. The men and women behind the camera became spec...

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Other Authors: ARTE France., Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase.
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2013], c2012.
Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (26 min.) : sd., col.
Series: Photo (New York, N.Y.)
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Table of Contents:
  • First Press Photos (1:25)
  • Experimental Layouts (0:59)
  • 1930s Press Photo Montages (2:40)
  • Margaret Bourke-White & Image Manipulation (0:42)
  • Brassaï & Artistic Layout (2:12)
  • Dorothea Lange (1:58)
  • Walker Evans (1:43)
  • Louis Hine (0:41)
  • David Seymour (0:49)
  • Robert Capa (2:40)
  • Erich Salomon (1:24)
  • Weegee (1:20)
  • Eugene Smith (2:27)
  • Henri Cartier-Bresson (1:56)
  • Richard Avedon (0:57)
  • End of Press Photography Era (1:11)
  • Credits: Press Usage: Photo (0:25)