148 search results for “The Owsley Moment”
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S02 E40 – Ralph Eugene Meatyard – Romance of Ambrose Bierce #3 – 1964
This may be Ralph Eugene Meatyard’s most famous photograph.
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S02 E39 – Charles Marville – Cathedral – 1875
This type of photograph suits architectural photography well, as the grainy texture of the paper augments the texture of stone buildings like Chartres.
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S02 E38 – Wende Lee – Engulfed in Liquid Light – 1990
This photograph was made with a process called Cibachrome: a type of photographic printing that is rarely used today because the materials are hard to find.
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S02 E37 – William Henry Jackson – Marshall Pass, West Side – about 1881
This photographer used a process that required him to haul around dangerous chemicals and heavy cameras.
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S02 E36 – Philippe Halsman – Marilyn Jumping – 1959
This photographer believed that photographs of people jumping revealed their true personality.
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S02 E35 – Roger Fenton – Colonel Wood, Major Stuart Wortley, Col. the Honorable F. Colborne – 1856
This photographer was known for being the first to document a war, yet he did not show the action of battle.
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S02 E34 – Eliot Elisofon – Black Woman with Child – 1960
The photographer did not document details of the culture this photograph captures, so it operates as a generalization about life in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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S02 E33 – John M. Divola – Zuma Number 21 – 1977
The photographer described his process of creating photography like this as one of “visceral involvement.”
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S02 E32 – Alvin Langdon Coburn – The Great Temple, Grand Canyon – 1911
The photographer’s eye for abstract patterns can be seen in this photograph of one of America’s greatest natural wonders.
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S02 E31 – Margaret Bourke-White – Portrait of Five Men – 1940
This portrait may seem somewhat ordinary, but taking photographs of regular people was an important part of the photographer’s work.
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S02 E30 – Ansel Adams – Forest Detail, Winter, Yosemite National Park, California – 1949
Instead of a towering peak or a picturesque canyon, this detailed image may obfuscate your sense of perspective.
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S02 E29 – Berenice Abbott – Warehouse, Water and Dock Streets – 1936
This image is part of a series for the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, a project that aimed to create a documentary archive of life in the United States during the 1930s.
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S02 E28 – Pieter Aertsen – Kitchen Still Life with a Scene of the Supper at Emmaus Beyond – 1551-1553
The smells of warm bread, a crackling fire, cooked meat, and fresh fruits & vegetables almost waft through the second floor of the DOMA thanks to this still life.
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S02 E27 – Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli – Christ the Redeemer Depicted as Zeus – 1550
During the Renaissance, artists often saw parallels between stories from Christian history and those of the ancient Greek and Roman past.
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S02 E26 – Domenico Puligo – Portrait of a Lady – about 1525
Portraits like this one showcased young women to suitors and promised a large dowry.
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S02 E25 – Unidentified French Artist – possible Head of Christ – about 1225-1235
There is nothing more compelling than a good mystery, and this limestone head offers just that.
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S02 E24 – Hans Holbein the Younger and Studio – Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam – 1530-1531
Despite its small size, his portrait holds its own with its skillful details and vibrant blue background.
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S02 E23 – Studio of Benedetto da Maiano – The Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, God the Father, and Seraphim – 1491-1497
The naturalism of the painted stucco helps us relate to the figures in this work as humans.
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S02 E22 – Book of Hours – about 1485 to 1500
A popular possession among the wealthy and merchant classes.
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S02 E21 – Lorenzo di Credi – Madonna and Child – 1494
A different sort of depiction of these two figures.