Alvin Langdon coburn
IMAGE (1984. vol 27. issue 3.)
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1….Photographing the American Presidency by Robert A. Mayer
Mayer devotes this issue of Image to the photographic documentation of United States presidents from a daguerreotype of the sixth president, John Quincy Adams, up to the Reagan presidency.
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Author : Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY at George Eastman House Volume : 27 Number : 3 Date : September, 1984
IMAGE (1975. vol 18. issue 1.)
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Nancy Newhall (1908-1974)….1
Short summary of the highlights of the late Nancy Newhall’s career as a writer, scholar, curator, and photographer. Includes a bibliography of her writings.
Dallett Fuguet….6
Extensive review of the writings and images of critic and photographer Fuguet, long time Stieglitz associate, writer and editor for both Camera Notes and Camera Work, and founding member of the Photo-Secession. Includes a bibliography of his writings.
Trial Balloons: The Chamber Mystery….18
Analysis of the use of unusual caption balloons to present dialogue in the silent film The Chamber Mystery. Author compares the technical and aesthetic problems these dialogue balloons created with similar problems faced by early sound films.
The Blonde Telegrapher: Blanche Sweet….21
Biographical information on Blanche Sweet who, like most early film actors, began her career on stage. She worked for the Biograph Company and starred in D.W. Griffith’s seminal film The Lonedale Operator.
A Selected List of Current Film Periodicals in English….26
Synoptic Catalog….26
The synoptic catalog is a selective survey of the photographic and allied resources of the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House. Huard to Keely.
International Museum of Photography Traveling Exhibitions….33
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Author : Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY at George Eastman House Volume : 18 Number : 1 Date : March, 1975
IMAGE (1998. vol 41. issue 1–2.)
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5….A LETTER FROM GEORGE FISHER Chairman of the Board of Eastman Kodak
Brief introduction to the international Kodak Cultural Program at photokina in Cologne where George Eastman House was invited to display four of its exhibitions this year.
6….ALFRED [sic] LANGDON COBURN: Color Foto Interview with Karl Steinorth
A star of photokina 1998: Alvin Langdon Coburn
Interview with Karl Steinorth on the first solo exhibition in Germany of Alvin Langdon Coburn’s work.
8….COBURN PORTFOLIO
Eleven Coburn photographs reproduced.
16….COBURN AS COLLECTOR by Anthony Bannon
Brief overview of Coburn’s photography collection which included works by Julia Margaret Cameron, Hill and Adamson, Dr. Thomas Keith, and Lewis Carroll.
18….EDWARD STEICHEN HOLLYWOOD PORTRAITS by Therese Mulligan
Reproductions of eight photographs of Hollywood celebrities taken by Steichen for Vanity Fair. The images chosen illustrate the new style of portraiture that Steichen ushered in.
26….STREET ENGAGEMENTS: Social Landscape Photography of the Sixties
Ten examples of “street photography” from the 1950s and 60s.
36….INSIGHT: Women’s Photographs by Marianne Fulton
The work of more than 50 women photographers was featured in Insight, an exhibition at George Eastman House that commemorated the 75th anniversary of women’s suffrage.
46….GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE by Karl Steinorth
Brief summary of the museum’s mission to collect, to preserve, and to share its treasures with the public.
48….PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION
Overview and highlights of the collection.
50….TECHNOLOGY COLLECTION
Overview and highlights of the collection.
52….MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION
Overview and highlights of the collection.
54….LIBRARY COLLECTION
Overview and highlights of the collection.
56….LANDSCAPE COLLECTION
Overview of the collection.
57….GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE COLLECTION
Overview of the collection.
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Author : Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House Volume : 41 Number : 1–2 Date : 1998
IMAGE (1972. vol 15. issue 2.)
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Monkeys Make the Problem More Difficult; Collective Interview with Garry Winogrand….1
Edited transcript of Winogrand answering questions posed by students from the Rochester Institute of Technology and the Visual Studies Workshop during respective visits on Oct. 9th and 10th, 1970.
Restoring the Context….5
Information pertinent to the screenplay for Erich von Stroheim’s film Greed. Discusses the relevance of a quote by Frank Norris, author of McTeague upon which Greed was based.
Looking Down….6
Brief statement about photographing oblique views from high places. Cites the work of Alvin Langdon Coburn and László Moholy-Nagy.
Photo Secession: Continued….8
An addendum to Dennis Longwell's article ""Alfred Stieglitz versus the New York Camera Club"" in Image vol. 14, no. 5/6. Reprint of several articles originally published in Photo Era in 1903 that illustrate the increasing animosity towards Alfred Stieglitz and the Photo Secession during that period. Articles include: “Camera Work” (A Review) by ARTHUR HEWITT, vol. X, no. 1, January, 1903, “The Outlook for 1903” by OSBORNE L. YELLOT, vol. X, no. 1, January, 1903, “Photo Secession and the World's Fair” by HAROLD HUTCHINSON, vol. X, no. 6, June, 1903, “Concerning the Photo-Secession” by JOSEPH T. KEILEY, vol. XI, no 3, September, 1903, “’Camera Work’ for October — An Appreciation” by THE OFFICE-BOY, vol. XI, no. 4, October, 1903.
Wider View I….15
On the appeal of single exposure panoramic cameras that reveal what the naked eye cannot see. In conjunction with the Wider View exhibition of panoramic photographs.
Wider View II….18
Descriptions of the three basic types of panoramic cameras—fixed lens-fixed film plane, moving lens-fixed curved film plane, and moving camera body and film. Examples of each from the Eastman House collection were on display as part of the Wider View exhibition.
Gene Meatyard….20
Eulogy and biography for photographer Ralph Eugene Meatyard.
The Facsimile Photographs in Galerie Contemporaine….21
Author presents evidence that the tipped in photomechanical reproductions in the Parisian publications Galerie Contemporaine, Littéraire, Artistique and Galerie Contemporaine, Artistique, Nouvelle Série are woodburytypes rather than carbon prints. Explains the similarities and differences between the processes and how to tell them apart.
Synoptic Catalogue….28
The Synoptic Catalogue of the George Eastman House Collections is a brief survey of the prints and print makers that are pictorially or historically significant or both. Major F. Cresley to George Davison.
Portrait Index to Galerie Contemporaine….31
Galerie Contemporaine, published in Paris by Ludovic Baschet between 1876 and 1884, is comprised of thirteen bound volumes containing two-hundred and forty-four biographical sketches of personalities from politics, religion, literature, and the arts. This index lists all of the portrait subjects and the photographers when known.
International Museum of Photography Traveling Exhibitions….33
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Author : Barrow, Thomas F., ed. Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY at George Eastman House Volume : 15 Number : 2 Date : June, 1972
IMAGE (1974. vol 17. issue 1.)
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Steinbeck's 'String of Pictures' in The Grapes of Wrath….1
Article compares Steinbeck’s vivid prose to the aims of the f/64 group and suggests that several characters and scenes in The Grapes of Wrath may be based on F.S.A. photographs. Includes examples by Dorothea Lange, Ben Shahn, Arthur Rothstein, and Theodor Jung.
Dating Early Photographs by Card Mounts and Other External Evidence: Tentative Suggestions....11
Article discusses the author’s preliminary research on the dating of cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards, tintypes, and photographic postcards.
The Most Important Factor was the 'Spirit': Leni Riefenstahl During the Filming of
The Blue Light....16
Leni Riefenstahl directed her first film, The Blue Light, on a shoestring budget. She shot on location with a small enthusiastic crew who received little compensation during the making of the film. Cites Riefenstahl’s influences and the work habits and techniques that continued throughout her career.
Books Received....29
European Collection Tour....29
Announcement of a George Eastman House sponsored group tour to visit major photographic collections in Europe.
International Museum of Photography Traveling Exhibitions….33
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Author : Pratt, George C., Director of Publications Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY at George Eastman House Volume : 17 Number : 1 Date : March, 1974
IMAGE (19. vol 2. issue 9.)
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57…[Grand Canyon, photograph by Alvin Langdon Coburn]
58…Frederick H. Evans by Alvin Langdon Coburn
A tribute to Evans upon the acquisition of a collection of his photographs by the George Eastman House.
60…Petzval’s Lens and Camera by Rudolph Kingslake
A short synopsis of Joseph Petzval’s professional life and his development of a wide-aperture portrait lens. This is the third article in a series on the history of the photographic lens.
61…Visit with Carl Th. Dreyer by James Card
Sketch of the Danish filmmaker Carl Theodore Dreyer.
62…Adrian Siegel
Outline of several prints included in a display of fifty in the Dryden Theatre during October and November, 1953.
63…Photographs of Musicians
Photographs of musicians by Adrian Siegel, cellist with the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.
64…Index to Vol. 2.
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Author : Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House Volume : 2 Number : 9 Date : December, 1953