Photography
Sets, Stories, and Situations MoMA Photography Theme
Questions MoMA Photography Theme Why might photographers reference film, literature, or other photographs in their work? Why might photographers stage, reenact, or reconstruct scenes for a photograph?
MoMA Photography Theme Julia Margaret Cameron. Madonna with Children What do you notice in these images? Julia Margaret Cameron. Venus Chiding Cupid and Removing His Wings
What do you notice about the subject of these photographs? Cindy Sherman. Untitled Film Still # Cindy Sherman. Untitled Film Still # MoMA Photography Theme
Jeff Wall. After “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison, the Prologue. 1999–2000, printed 2001 What questions does this photograph raise? MoMA Photography Theme
Let’s compare the approaches of Cindy Sherman and Jeff Wall… MoMA Photography Theme Cindy Sherman. Untitled Film Still # Jeff Wall. After “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison, the Prologue. 1999– 2000, printed 2001
MoMA Photography Theme Thomas Demand. Room (Zimmer) Do you notice anything amiss in this photograph by Thomas Demand?