Lesson Objectives
After you have completed this lesson, you will be able to:
1. Explain when and how photography became a viable medium.
2. Identify Matthew Brady as the first documentary photographer.
3. Discuss the impact Lewis Hine’s photographs had on child labor.
4. Identify the work of Dorothea Lange and how she captured the plight of Americans during the Great Depression.
5. Explore the work of Alfred Stieglitz and how he presented photographs as art.
6. Identify the work of Cindy Sherman and the function of her film stills.