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Photographic Technologies Portfolio Guide Addison Gallery of American Art MUSEUM LEARNING CENTER Portfolio Guide: Photographic Technologies 1 Photographic Technologies How does the democratization of portraiture impact an understanding of personal value and identity? How has the reproduction of images influenced the availability of knowledge about the world? The invention of photography in the nineteenth century would forever change the way in which we view, experience, and understand the world around us. This Portfolio Guide of photographs features a sampling of works from the Addison’s collection offering varied perspectives and discussion points on the implications of the evolving uses and applications of this continually advancing technology. Educators are encouraged to use this Guide and the expanded Portfolio Image List as a starting point, a place from which to dig deeper, ask questions, and make new connections for class plans and projects. For online use, click the images in this guide to access digital images in the Addison’s online database. SELECTED THEMATIC APPROACHES This Portfolio Guide contains selected artworks and ideas to connect the Impact of Early Photography — How did photographs solidify one’s presence in the world? Addison’s collection with classroom Advancing Technology and Accessibility — How did diminishing exposure times impact acccessibility? themes, disciplines, and curricula. Photography and the Dissemination of Information — How did the mobility of photography transform its Digital images of works from this Guide applications? can be downloaded from the Addison’s Capturing Motion — How has motion photography impacted our understanding of phenomena and website for use in classrooms. Visits to perception? explore works in the Addison’s Museum Learning Center can be arranged as a Contemporary Perspectives — How does the evolution of photographic processes influence the complement to the viewing of current dissemination of information via the media? exhibitions. The Chemistry of Photography — What can we learn about the importance of chemistry through comparing www.addisongallery.org photographic technologies over time? Addison Gallery of American Art MUSEUM LEARNING CENTER Portfolio Guide: Photographic Technologies 2 A anonymous, Benjamin Whitney Gleason III Family, Taken in Lawrence, Mass., before 1849, 11 3/8 x 12 7/8 x 2 1/4 in., daguerreotype in frame, gift of Patricia Fuller in memory of her father, 2008.101 B Charles Henry Williamson (1826– 1874) Family Portrait, c. 1850, 3 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. each, two hand tinted daguerreotypes in metal, leather, and glass case, museum purchase, 1978.99 A B C George C. Gilchrest (1812–1888), Untitled, circa 1855, 13 5/16 x 10 7/16 in., salt print, museum purchase, 1985.80 D George C. Gilchrest (1812–1888), #8 - Oval Portrait of Young Woman in Green Dress, c. 1855, 13 1/4 x 10 1/2 in., hand tinted salt print, museum purchase, 1985.55 C D The Impact of Early Photography How does the democratization of portraiture impact an understanding of one’s value and identity? What are the implications of the ability to produce multiple prints? Before the invention of photography, only the upper classes could afford to have their portraits painted. Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre‘s introduction of the daguerreotype in 1839 led to more affordable visual representation and documentation across class and gender. Working class families, such as this family from Lawrence, Massachusetts (A), could sit for a daguerreotypist for several minutes to have their presence in the world solidified on a polished silver surface. Sometimes accented with watercolors, daguerreotypes were often packaged behind glass and kept in a protective case as precious objects (B). In 1841, Henry Fox Talbot created the first negative from which multiple positive prints could be made. Called at first the calotype, Greek for “beautiful picture,” and later the talbotype or salted paper print, these were printed on a larger scale. Hand tinting (D) was used to heighten realism and to approximate the status of painted portraits. While exposure times of several minutes required stiff and stoic poses, attempts were sometimes made to picture limited interaction and activity (C). Addison Gallery of American Art MUSEUM LEARNING CENTER Portfolio Guide: Photographic Technologies 3 E Frederick Gutekunst (1831–1917) Unknown Young Man, New York City, circa 1856, 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in., ambrotype in leather, metal, velvet, and glass case, museum purchase, 1981.55 F anonymous, Portrait of a Man (Unknown), circa 1870, 10 x 7 in., tintype, museum purchase, 1987.547 G anonymous, Untitled Portrait of Family in Front of House, n.d., 6 5/8 x 8 3/4 in., tintype, gift of Adam D. Weinberg in honor of Allison Kemmerer, 2004.1.254 E F G Advancing Technology and Accessibility How did advancing technology and diminishing exposure times impact the availability of portraiture? How did expanding applications influence the market for photography, nda vice versa? By the 1850s, faster and cheaper technologies were arising. Utilizing the simpler and faster collodion wet-plate technology invented by Frederick Scott Archer in 1851, the unique positive glass ambrotypes (E) patented in the United States in 1854 by James Ambrose Cutting further widened the scope of those who could afford to have their images made. Unlike the fragile ambrotypes, which were housed in protective cases similar to those used for daguerreotypes, tintypes popularized in 1856 realized the desire to share mementos of oneself with friends and family, as portraits made in the studio (F) and outside the confines of the studio (G) could easily be made in multiples and sent by mail. The technology of tintypes decreased both the price of portraiture and the required skill level for photographers while widening the market and demand for the emerging medium of photography. This extension of inexpensive representation to all classes further redefined previous connections between portraiture, self-representation, and social status. Addison Gallery of American Art MUSEUM LEARNING CENTER Portfolio Guide: Photographic Technologies 4 H anonymous, Won by Mr. Gus Grab Amateur. Championship of New York, 1881, 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in., carte-de-visite, gift of Adam D. Weinberg in honor of Allison Kemmerer, 2004.1.82 I anonymous, The Glorious Yosemite Valley, from Glacier Point, Calif., n.d., two albumen prints mounted on studio card, museum purchase, 1997.126 J A reproduction of an Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. stereoscope, from Wikimedia Commons, H I J http://commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/File:Holmes_stereoscope.jpg K Timothy H. O’Sullivan (1840– 1882) A Harvest of Death, Battle-field of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, from the bound album Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume I, July, 1863, 6 7/8 x 8 13/16 in., albumen print mounted on wove paper, museum purchase, Collection Care and Enhancement Fund, 1989.84.36 L Carleton E. Watkins (1829-1916), Distant View of the Domes, Yosemite, K Calif., c. 1880, 15 3/8 x 20 in., mammoth-plate albumen print, L museum purchase, 1983.21 Photography and the Dissemination of Information How did the reproduction of images influence the availability of knowledge about the world? How does the impact of photography change once it leaves the confines of the studio? In the 1850s the albumen print led to the first commercially viable method of producing a photographic print on paper and was made from a collodion wet-plate glass negative. Cartes-de-visite, small albumen prints mounted on boards the size of calling cards, transformed the singular, intimate photograph into collectables, such as the portrait of an athlete (H), which could be accumulated into albums. Stereographs (I) paired photographs taken with a twin-lens camera to create a three-dimensional effect when viewed through a stereoscope (J). These served as parlor entertainment that also provided images and information about the world beyond daily experience, as methods of carting portable darkrooms via wagon and mule brought photographers out of their studios. Civil War photographers, such as Timothy O’Sullivan and Alexander Gardner, utilized this technology to satiate the public’s thirst for images from the front (K). Other photographers, including Carleton Watkins, made defining and enticing images of the western frontier despite the limitations of the location and terrain (L). Addison Gallery of American Art MUSEUM LEARNING CENTER Portfolio Guide: Photographic Technologies 5 M-P by Eadweard J. Muybridge (1830 -1904) M Plate 38. Horses, Running, Hattie H., from bound volume of 186 plates The Attitudes of Animals in Motion, 1881, 6 1/4 x 8 13/16 in., albumen print mounted on paper, partial gift of The N Beinecke Foundation, Inc., 1987.21.44 N Plate C. Camera and Shutter (Front M View), from bound volume of 186 plates The Attitudes of Animals in Motion, 1881, 5 7/16 x 9 1/8 in., albumen print mounted on paper, partial gift of The Beinecke Foundation, Inc., 1987.21.3 O Plate 169. Jumping; over boy’s back P (leap-frog), from portfolio of 781 plates Animal Locomotion, 1887, Volume VII, Males & Females Draped & Misc. Subjects, 1885, 9 5/8 x 12 1/8 in., collotype on paper, gift of the O Edwin J. Beinecke Trust, 1984.6.480 P Plate D. Camera Shed, from bound volume of 186 plates The Attitudes of Animals in Motion, 1881, 4 15/16 x 9 1/8 in., albumen print mounted on paper, partial gift of The Beinecke Foundation, Inc., 1987.21.4 Q-R by Harold Edgerton (1903- 1990) Q R Q Moving Skip Rope, neg. 1952, 9 x 10 11/16 in., gelatin silver print, gift of The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation, 1996.61 Capturing Motion R Milk Drop Coronet, from series Harold Edgerton: Ten Dye Transfer How did the ability to see imperceptible motion impact people’s understanding of the world? Photographs, neg.
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