A Glimpse into Modernism Content 1. Transition from Pictorialism to Modernism 2. The Birth of Modernism 3. The Birth of Straight Photography (f64++) 4. Modernism and its impacts on the era 1910-1930 5. Ho Fan: Street Photography-- Hong Kong from a Nostalgic Eye 6. Yip Cheong Fun: A Singaporean Pictorialism vs Modernism Pictorialism is more concerned with creating beauty from real life Modernism is concerned with turning real life into images. What is Pictorialism? An approach to photography that focuses on emphasising the beauty of a subject matter, through deliberate framing or manipulation during the development process. ‘Touching up’ during development Brooklyn Bridge, Edward Steichen (1903) What is Modernism? An approach to photography that focuses on the sharp details, emphasising on the form and developing the photos without or minimum retouching of the photos. The Steerage (1907) Alfred Stieglitz The picture was the result of instant recognition of subject and form – “spontaneity of judgement” and “composition by the eye”. – Carl Sadakichi Hartmann Alfred Stieglitz 1864 – 1946 Photographer & Art Promoter ● Pictorialism to Modernism ● Editor of 'Camera Notes', the periodical journal of the New York Camera Club ● One of the founders of the the publication ‘Camera Work’ Issue No. 48 of ‘Camera Work’ The last issue Featured work by Paul Strand ● Paul Strand’s work that is featured here is considered what paved the way for Modernism for years to come "Devoid of all flim-flam; devoid of trickery and of any 'ism,' devoid of any attempt to mystify." – Alfred Stieglitz New York [Wall Street], Paul Strand Telephone Poles, Paul Strand New York [Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street], Paul Strand Telephone Poles, Paul Strand New York [Rooftops], Paul Strand New York [City Hall Park], Paul Strand References - Trey http://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/8482/how-paul-strand-paved-the-way-for-photographic-modernism https://study.com/academy/lesson/alfred-stieglitzs-1907-the-steerage-photo.html http://www.co-mag.net/2008/pictorialism-modernism-edward-steichen-ansel-adams-malediction/ https://www.manhattanrarebooks.com/pages/books/1576/alfred-stieglitz-paul-strand/camera-work-issue-number-48 https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pstd/hd_pstd.htm.