Self-study
P1
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Technique ·
Tintype
Old technique of capturing an image on iron. Bidaut trying to revive it.
P2
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Technique ·
Albumen prints and tintypes
Estabrook using these techniques to create fake antiques.
P3
Artistic Trend ·
Photographers are embracing old techniques
More Techniques ·
Daguerreotype; egg coated paper; pinhole cameras; mixing emulsions
There's a ton of interest in these old techniques.
P4
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Reason ·
Hands-on and idiosyncratic
This was also why they became obsolete in the first place.
Reason ·
Idiosyncrasy, unpredictability, and accident
Estabrook values the accidental. It allows the photographs to elicit nostalgia.
P5
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Reason ·
Unique works of art that bear the artist's mark
Techniques allow artists to leave their mark on their work, allow viewers to be intimate with photographs.
Passage Style
Single position
Spotlight
14.
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a
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This provides a reason why we can’t just use modern techniques to create the old-looking style. This supports Estabrook’s use of old techniques to achieve the old-looking style.
b
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This undermines Estabrook’s position by suggesting that the feelings produced by a photograph have nothing to do with the techniques.
c
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We don’t know whether Estabrook’s audience are people who use photographs as a way of remembering or learning about the past. So we don’t know the impact of (C). Also, (C) suggests these people don’t necessarily care about the nostalgic feeling of old photographs, so it’s not clear why this would strengthen Estabrook’s position.
d
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If anything, this suggests people interest in artistic photography won’t see value in Estabrook’s work. This doesn’t strengthen his position.
e
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This doesn’t strengthen Estabrook’s justification for using old photographs. (E) simply describes a benefit of modern photographic techniques.