Straight Photography

Pure photography is defined as possessing no qualities of technique, composition or idea, derivative of any other art form. The term Straight Photography came about in 1880. It means simply a changed photographic print. It is when photograph attempts to depicts a scene objectively and realistically.

Paul Strand's in 1917 characterization of his work as ‘absolute unqualified objectivity’ described. It came to imply a specific aesthetic typified by higher contrast, sharper focus, and the emphasis on the underlying abstract geometric structure of subjects.

Paul Strand was an American photographer and film maker born on October 16, 1890. He was born in New York to Bohemian parents. Strand interest in photography really took off after he visited to the 291 art gallery. His work would later be in the same gallery. Strand also worked in film his first projected was Manhatta in 1921 it was a silent film.

Although strand is mostly well known for his early  work  most of his most significant work I in the form of six books Time in New England (1950), La France de Profil (1952), Un Paese (featuring photographs of Luzzara and the Po River Valley in Italy, 1955), Tir a'Mhurain / Outer Hebrides [1] (1962), Living Egypt (1969) and Ghana: an African portrait (1976).

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