The Pictorialism movement is a style that is mixed with paint and photography. The most popular period of the pictorialism movement is from 1885 to 1915. The pictorialist is the first group of people that put photography to be classed as art. The photographers at that time were used to doing some processing on their shooting tools (Smearing Vaseline on their lenses. Or in the dark room afterward by scratching the negative). And all those behaviors can make the picture feel like a painting. At the same time, these photographic works are more artistic.
The straight photography movement happened in the early 20th century. The main goal of this type of style is to capture subjects in the natural environment. This kind of photography which are different than pictorialism because straight photography aimed achieve clear, sharp, details to show the beauty of the real world. But pictorialism is more focused on the abstraction and the beauty of art.
Edward Weston and Aaron Siskind’s photography style is more realistic and shows the influence of straight photography.
I think Andreas Gursky and Uta Barth’s photography style be classified as pictorialist because their footage has been processed. Their photographs are also kind of abstract. So their work might be influenced by the pictorialism movement.
CITES:
The Straight Photography Movement: Capturing Reality Through the Lens | 100ASA. (n.d.). 100ASA. https://100asa.com/blog/the-straight-photography-movement-capturing-reality
Pictorialism Movement Overview. (n.d.). The Art Story. https://www.theartstory.org/movement/pictorialism/
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