Flashcards on Subjective Photography Movement
Subjective Photography Movement: Inner Psyche in Images
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Subjective Photography
9 cards
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Question: What is Subjective Photography (Subjektive Fotografie), and when and by whom was it founded?
Answer: An international movement founded in Germany by photographer Otto Steinert in 1951, which emphasized photography exploring the inner psyche and human
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Question: What was the main aim of Subjective Photography compared to commercial, documentary, and journalistic photography?
Answer: To distance itself from commercial, documentary, and journalistic photography and to promote humanized, individualized, and internally-oriented creati
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Question: From what did the Subjective Photography movement evolve?
Answer: It evolved from the Fotoform group, founded in the late 1940s by Otto Steinert and Peter Keetman.
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Question: What was the nature and themes of images in Subjective Photography?
Answer: It utilized experimental techniques (building on the Bauhaus tradition) and was thematically more complex, often expressionistic and hallucinatory, re
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Question: When and how many 'Subjektive Fotografie' exhibitions were organized by the group?
Answer: The group organized three exhibitions titled 'Subjektive Fotografie' in 1951, 1954, and 1958.
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Question: How did Otto Steinert define Subjective Photography in his manifesto?
Answer: He wrote that Subjective Photography means 'humanized, individualized photography'.
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Question: Was the Subjective Photography movement limited only to Germany?
Answer: No, the movement was international, including photographers from Germany, Japan, Sweden, America, and São Paulo.
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Question: Name some photographers associated with Subjective Photography.
Answer: Harry Callahan, Thomaz Farkas, Gaspar Gasparian, Marcel Giró, Peter Keetman, Takashi Kijima, Siegfried Lauterwasser, Kiyoshi Niiyama, Toni Schneiders,
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Question: What technical legacy influenced Subjective Photography?
Answer: The group adopted many experimental techniques used at the Bauhaus before World War II.