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Setting the context

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I think it would be useful to point out that f/64 isn't that small of an aperture as it looks like. Assuming an 4x5 camera, f/64 translates to ~f/16 on a 35mm camera and ~f/11 on a common APS-C camera. ClassA42 (talk) 11:21, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wasn't the point (at least the point made in the sources) that it was the smallest aperture available for the time in their chosen medium? Viriditas (talk) 21:32, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Number of members

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There appears to be disagreement over the number of original members. I'm not going to change anything until I get my hands on a decent hard-copy book on the topic. --Stuartyeates 18:01, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No disagreement. It's pretty much settled. Viriditas (talk) 21:33, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect?

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f/64 should really redirect here. I was astonished to find it didn't, and had to go hunting to find the real article, which is hardly desirable. I don't have the wherewithal to do it myself right now, but someone who cares a bit more about this article ought to do so at some point. 69.140.12.199 00:17, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]


irrelevant

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Half the article is about who can be considered a member or sex, which is fairly irrelevant. More interesting would be the history of the club, its purpose, the style that combined the photographers, etc. Rm999 (talk) 00:42, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The list of members is not exactly irrelevant. There is very little written record from them as a group about what they were trying to do, so mostly it's been up to critics and historians to interpret themes and intentions by looking at the writings of the individual photographers. Still, your point that the article is lacking in important information about their common history and style is well taken. I'm working on an expanded revision and will post something in a couple of days.Lexaxis7 (talk) 05:57, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I've made some improvements to the article and will continue to expand it as time allows.Lexaxis7 (talk) 06:41, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I had no problem with a list of members, but half the article was a philosophical discussion of who could be considered a member, not a discussion of the actual club. And thanks for taking the time to work on the article, the new layout is much clearer! Rm999 (talk) 06:18, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Poster

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If I may make a suggestion—instead of sort of reproducing the poster for the 1932 exhibition, I'd list the members of the group and the photographers invited to join the exhibition. But if people like having the poster here, it's available at [1], and I think showing the image would be better than recreating it in text. —JerryFriedman (Talk) 19:41, 6 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Exhibition catalog

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 – The entire catalog listing appears in the book Group F.64: Edward Weston, Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, and the Community of Artists Who Revolutionized American Photography (2014). See the last comment for discussion. Viriditas (talk) 01:55, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I am looking for the catalog of the exhibition at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, 1932, by the Group f/64, or at least a list of artworks. Any idea? In newspaper reports? This would help finding copyright status for these notable pictures. Thanks, Yann (talk) 14:09, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Internet Archive has many of these catalogs. I am not in a position to look at the moment, but I will do so tomorrow. Viriditas (talk) 09:44, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Yann: Might be a good place to start with Karlstrom (1996). On the Edge of America: California Modernist Art, 1900-1950. ISBN 9780520088504. OCLC 32854001. The entire book was put online by the publisher, so it's easy to access in full. See Part 3: Expressing a Cultural Identity, where you will find Modernist Photography and the Group f.64 You'll notice the exhibition catalog isn't cited anywhere. That's a problem, as it tells me it's hard to find. This material in turn is based on a previous essay by Therese Thau Heyman from the book Seeing Straight: The f.64 Revolution in Photography (1992). In any case, On the Edge of America indicates that the original seven members exhibited a six week showing beginning on November 15, 1932, consisting of 80 photographs (10 by Ansel Adams, 9 by Imogen Cunningham, 9 by John Paul Edwards, 9 by Sonya Noskowiak, 9 by Henry Swift, 9 by Willard Van Dyke, 9 by Edward Weston, 4 by Preston Holder, 4 by Consuelo Kanaga, 4 by Alma Lavenson, and 4 by Brett Weston). Some additional sources indicate the names of many of these photos, which I can provide, but I would like to give you the full list. Viriditas (talk) 21:12, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I should note, if you're really interested, you can reverse engineer the exhibition catalog from its components. This is because all of the parts are widely available separately. Focusing only on the list of the photos for the moment, this is easy to do based on the info I've give you above. All you have to do is look at the provenance and exhibition credits for the images from 1932 for the above artists. That will allow you to create the full list. I see that Heyman is cited as saying it is "impossible to say exactly which images were exhibited" in the current article, but I don't believe this is true anymore. There are newer sources that attempt to do this, but the problem is that they are all published as separate works. Nobody has bothered to put them all together. For one of many examples, Richard Lorenz cites at least six of the photos in The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art, so it is not impossible to say, it's just that nobody has tried to do it in the past. I suspect that is no longer true and that someone has done it, and if not, you can look at newer sources and put together as many as you can. I'm guessing that it will be easy to do for the main seven members, and more difficult for Holder, Kanaga, Lavenson, and Weston, although given the passage of time, this might be easier now that researchers have had decades to put the pieces together. Viriditas (talk) 21:29, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Found it. The entire known catalog appears cited in Appendix I of Mary Alinder's Group F.64: Edward Weston, Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, and the Community of Artists Who Revolutionized American Photography (2014). It is found in figure 78, "Group pricelist, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, 1932". The original order of works in the exhibition is unknown but is only guessed at. Viriditas (talk) 01:55, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Internet Archive is currently under an ongoing DDoS attack, so it likely won't be usable for a time.[2] Viriditas (talk) 22:51, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Recreating the catalog

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@Yann: I will use this section to try and recreate the catalog with cited sources. I would encourage you to contribute. Viriditas (talk) 01:30, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Yann: Some of these are already on Commons, but their copyright status is somewhat confusing. See for example Sonya Noskowiak. Viriditas (talk) 21:17, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: I couldn't make out the titles for three two of the works. I suspect if you go to the library and look at the print version, you might be able to figure it out. However, I looked hard for these titles and couldn't find them anywhere. Viriditas (talk) 22:04, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Viriditas: Thanks a lot for your research. This isn't available in libraries where I am. I did research copyright renewals for artworks, and there is none from 1957 to 1960 (corresponding to publication from 1929 to 1932). Earlier publications are in the public domain anyway. Yes, I see that there are claims of copyright for some of these pictures, but I believe they are in the public domain. Now Internet Archive is down due to a major security breach, so copyright records are not available now. Thanks again! Yann (talk) 20:28, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
What do you think about adding some of these pictures in the article? Which ones? Yann (talk) 20:32, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yann, I could use your help with copyright questions (and searches) regarding another topic. Not now, but maybe in a few days. Thank you. Viriditas (talk) 20:31, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Yann: You could add the two that already appear in Sonya Noskowiak and the Ansel Adams ones. I don't know if those copyrights are legit so you'll want to check that out. Viriditas (talk) 21:31, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Original order unknown. Exhibition at M. H. De Young Memorial Museum. November 15, 1932–December 31, 1932.

Ansel Adams
  1. Cottonwood Trunks Yosemite Valley (1932)
  2. Golden Gate (1932)
  3. Nevada Fall, Yosemite Valley (c. 1932)
  4. Lakes and Cliffs, Sierra Nevada (1927)[1]
  5. Portrait of Annette Rosenshine (1932)
  6. Portrait of Gottardo Piazzoni (1932)
  7. Portrait of Domenico Brecia
  8. Factory Building (1932)
  9. Boards and Thistles (1932)
  10. Pine Cone and Eucalyptus Leaves (1932)
Imogen Cunningham
  1. Hen and Chickens
  2. Rubber Plant (1929)
  3. Leaf Pattern (c. 1929)[2]
  4. Agave (1920s)
  5. Water Hyacinth (1920s)
  6. Sedum Cristate (1920s)
  7. Blossom of Water Hyacinth
  8. Umbrella Handle and Hand
  9. Warner Oland (1932)
John Paul Edwards
  1. Wheel Block
  2. Boats and Rigging (c. 1930)[3]
  3. Belaying Pin
  4. Port Anchor
  5. Pulley Block
  6. Desert Skull
  7. Boats and Spars (c. 1932)
  8. Pioneer Wagon
  9. ...
Sonya Noskowiak
  1. Leaf (1930)
  2. Kelp (1930)
  3. Sand Pattern (1932)[4]
  4. Sand Pattern (1932)
  5. Calla Lilly (1932)
  6. Palm Blossom
  7. Cactus (1932)
  8. Hands
  9. Water Lilly Leaves (1931)
Henry Swift
  1. Cactus
  2. Tools
  3. Ram's Head (c. 1932)
  4. Saw
  5. Shell
  6. ...
  7. Lucretia Van Horn (c. 1932)
  8. Cactus Blossom
  9. Tree (c. 1932)
Willard Van Dyke
  1. Bone and Sky, No. 2
  2. Yucca Blossom-Cross Section
  3. Bone and Sky, No. 5
  4. Funnels
  5. Fence Post
  6. Death Valley
  7. Bone and Sky, No. 3
  8. Plant Form
  9. Bone and Sky, No. 4
Edward Weston
  1. Monterey Cypress
  2. Pelican's Wing (1931)
  3. Eroded Rock, Point Lobos
  4. Kelp
  5. Eroded Plank from Barley Sifter (1931)
  6. Egg Plant
  7. Rock and Shell Arrangement
  8. Artichoke-Halved (1930)
  9. Pepper No. 30 (1930)[5]
Preston Holder
  1. Kiln Parts
  2. Bridge Detail
  3. Gravel Loader
  4. Fence Post
Consuelo Kanaga
  1. Portrait of a Negro
  2. Portrait of a Negro
  3. Portrait of a Negress
  4. Portrait of a Negress
Alma Lavenson
  1. Portrait of a Child
  2. Composition
  3. Gas Tank
  4. Easter Lilly
Brett Weston
  1. Cactus
  2. Abstraction
  3. Three Fingers and an Ear
  4. Leaves

References

  1. ^ Lorenz 2011, p. 405.
  2. ^ Lorenz 2011, p. 405.
  3. ^ Lorenz 2011, p. 405.
  4. ^ Lorenz 2011, p. 405.
  5. ^ Lorenz 2011, p. 405.
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