20th Century American Women Photographers Lecture Series
Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut, Tübingen
Part 1 - 10 December 2013 at 6:15pm
The Trail Blazers: Pioneering a Career as a Female Photographer
From the d.a.i. announcement: At the beginning of the 20th century, four American female photographers – Gertrude Käsebier, Imogen Cunningham, Berenice Abbott and Margaret-Bourke White – set themselves apart in a field that had been previously dominated by men. These women pioneered exciting new directions for photography, while overcoming both technical photographic challenges as well as societal restrictions in an age when few women worked outside the home. Lee McIntyre will explore the artistic achievements and influential legacies of these brilliant and sometimes overlooked masters of their craft.
Part 2 - Winter 2014
The Photojournalists: Documenting the World in Difficult Times
Photographers to be spotlighted include
- Margaret Bourke-White (LIFE magazine and later)
- Dorothea Lange
- Others TBD
Part 3 - Spring 2014
The Innovators: Innovating New Approaches to Photography
Photographers to be spotlighted include
- Diane Arbus
- Annie Leibovitz
- Cindy Sherman
- Others TBD
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Past Events
20th Century American Photography in Focus
Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut, Tübingen
From the d.a.i. website: What makes a portrait of a person so compelling? How does a documentary photo communicate its story? Why do certain photos of landscapes linger in our memory? Photographer L. Lee McIntyre will explore answers to these questions and more while presenting works by iconic 20th-century American photographers such as Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Curtis, Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, Imogene Cunningham, Richard Avedon, Annie Leibovitz, and many others.