Event date: Wednesday 5th December 2012
Marcus Bunyan
What makes a great photograph?
2012
Marcus Bunyan, artist and curator of Art Blart, examines one of his favourite photographs – Alexander Gardner’s photograph of one of the plotters to assassinate Abraham Lincoln, Lewis Paine, who was captured by the camera months before his execution in April 1865 – and asks what makes this a great photograph.
The video is a little underwhelming but it was done for free for the CCP.
It doesn’t show the 12 images that I used to illustrate the talk and you can see me pressing the buttons on the computer to present them. Unfortunately, this ruins the structure of the speech.
However, you can see the photographs that I used by Alexander Gardner below.
Click on the picture to view the video or go to the Vimeo website.
Read the transcription of the talk ‘Marcus Bunyan – what makes a great photograph?’ with the images.
Marcus
Many thankx to the Director of the CCP, Naomi Cass, for asking me to speak at the event. Other presenters: Serena Bentley, Helen Frajman, Natalie King, Tin & Ed, Tom Mosby and John Warwicker.
Alexander Gardner (American born Scotland, 1821-1882)
Lewis Paine
26th April 1865
Albumen silver print from a Collodion glass plate negative
Alexander Gardner (American, 1821-1882)
Three photographs of Lewis Paine
26th April, 1865
Albumen silver prints from a Collodion glass plate negative
Alexander Gardner (American born Scotland, 1821-1882)
Lewis Paine (detail)
26th April 1865
Albumen silver print from a Collodion glass plate negative
Alexander Gardner (American born Scotland, 1821-1882)
Lewis Paine (detail)
26th April 1865
Albumen silver print from a Collodion glass plate negative
Alexander Gardner (American born Scotland, 1821-1882)
Lewis Paine (detail)
26th April 1865
Albumen silver print from a Collodion glass plate negative
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Alexander Gardner (American born Scotland, 1821-1882)
Lewis Paine (detail)
26th April 1865
Albumen silver print from a Collodion glass plate negative
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Alexander Gardner (American born Scotland, 1821-1882)
Lewis Paine (detail)
26th April 1865
Albumen silver print from a Collodion glass plate negative
Alexander Gardner (American born Scotland, 1821-1882)
Lewis Paine (detail)
26th April 1865
Albumen silver print from a Collodion glass plate negative
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