1. What is the Pictorialism Movement in photography?

The pictorialism movement in photography is a movement in where the stylistic and aestetic approach of photography dominated the entirety of the 20th century.

 

  1. What was the straight photography movement in photography? Why was it popular amongst photographers?

The straight photography movement in photography was a type of photography where it was not manipulated. Although it was mainly with a background with darker toned colors, but it depicts the main idea well.

 

  1. How has Aaron Siskind (above) been influenced by the Straight Photography Movement?

Aaron Siskind has  been influenced by the Straight photography movement because  he is the first person who ever combined the concepts of abstract photography and straight photography.

 

  1. What makes the work of Andreas Gursky and Uta Barth abstract. Are they both straight photographers? Why
    The work of Andreas Gursky are mostly abstract because they take pictures at a large scale with no real clear pattern, instead it is usually a vague line that isn’t perfectly straight. Uta Barth likes to take pictures with a blurry scale, with clear abstraction.