Date of Award
Fall 12-20-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art
First Advisor
Harper Montgomery
Second Advisor
Maria Antonella Pelizzari
Academic Program Adviser
Nebahat Avcioglu
Abstract
This thesis presents the work of German-born Brazilian photographer Gertrudes Altschul, who developed a body of modernist photography within the Foto Cine Clube Bandeirante (FCCB) in São Paulo in the 1950s. It underscores her female and immigrant perspective during the transition from Pictorialist to modernist photography in the postwar years.
Recommended Citation
Kupfer, Paula V., "Gertrudes Altschul and the Foto Cine Clube Bandeirante: Modern Photography and Femininity in 1950s São Paulo" (2016). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/136
Comments
This thesis presents the work of German-born Brazilian photographer Gertrudes Altschul, who developed a body of subjective, modernist photographs within the Foto Cine Clube Bandeirante (FCCB) in São Paulo in the 1950s. It underscores her female and immigrant perspective during a time of postwar transition from Pictorialist to modernist photography.