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Born in November 8, 1867 in Dejima, Nagasaki. The term Straight photography was used by Hartmann in the magazine Camera Work and later promoted by Alfred Stieglitz
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Born in June 26 1853 and died in June 24 1943, Evans was a British photographer known for his images of architectural subjects such as English and French cathedrals. in the late 1880s Evans first advocated for a pure photography, known later as Straight photography, as a viable alternative to pictorialism by creating  symbolist images that evoked the meaning suggested by architectural forms. Evans is known for being the patriarch of straight photography.
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Born in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1864 promoted the idea of straight photography as a more pure form of photography than Pictorialism. Stieglitz popularized the idea of Straight Photography and inspired other Western photographers such as Edward Weston and Ansel Adams.
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Called as "One of the most innovative and influential American photographers..." Weston shot many known straight photographs during his career. Born on March 24, 1886 in Chicago and moved to California he was influenced by Alfred Stieglitz to create his work following straight photographs though he stated that his style of "Straight" photography could not deal successfully with landscape. Weston passed away on January 1, 1958 leaving his children to follow his style.
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This photo shows a close-up view of regular kitchen bowls that Paul Strand shot to study the effects light and shadow have. It depicts the overlapping circular shapes dismantles the structure of the bowls, making an abstract appearance that is not very easily recognizable.
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Ansel Adams was an American landscape known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography which leads to the idea of straight photography. Born on February 20,2901 and died on April 22, 1984 Adams advocated for a more sharp focus and use of fill tonal range photography.
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to oppose the eastern pictorialism photographic style, photographers who advocated for straight photography formed a group called Group f/64 to promote a new modernist aesthetic that was based on precisely exposed images of natural forms and found objects. Founded by seven 20th century San Francisco Bay Area photographers who shared a common photographic style characterized by sharply focused and carefully framed images seen through a particularly Western viewpoint.
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The movement embraced and developed Straight photography in the 1930s. Artists of this movement shot natural American Western objects and scenery while also composing the photos with subtleties of tone, light and texture.
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This photo is a black and white picture of a pepper shot by Edward Weston. This image is very known at the time depicting a solitary green pepper in rich black-and-white tones, with a strong illumination from above.
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