Below is a glossary article post in the category S which discusses the explanation of the meaning, definition and meaning of the acronym, term, jargon, or termonology of Subjective Photography based on summaries from various types of sources (references) that are relevant, related, and trustworthy.
Understanding Subjective Photography
So, what is actually meant by Subjective Photography?
Subjective photography is an international movement established in Germany by photographer Otto Steinert in 1951 who fought for photography that explored the souls in and human conditions rather than reflect the outside world.
Explanation of Subjective Photography
This movement evolved from the groupform group that was started by Steinart and Peter Keetman in the late 1940s. The group held three exhibitions entitled Subjective Photographies in 1951, 1954 and 1958, and Steinart published a manifesto in which he wrote that subjective photography ‘means photography that was humanized and individual’. This is partly an effort to keep subjective photographers from the rise of commercial photography, documentary and journalism. This group maintains many experimental techniques used in Bauhaus before the Second World War, but their subject matter is more complex, reflecting aspects that are darker than their human conditions through their expressionist and hallucinations. This movement is international, and includes photographers from Germany, Japan, Sweden, America and São Paulo.
Photographers associated with subjective photography are Harry Callahan, Thomaz Farkas, Gaspar Gasparian, Marcel Giró, Peter Keetman, Takashi Kijima, Siegfried Lauterwasser, Kiyoshi Niiyama, Toni Schneiders, Aaron Siskind, Otto Steinert, Christer Strömholm, Ludwig Windstosser.
Moreover, as we have seen above, this term is one of a collection of dictionaries, acronyms, terms, jargon, or terminology in the field of arts that begins with an alphabet or prefix S, as well as terms associated with S.
Meaning of Subjective Photography in the English, Indonesian (Including Javanese and Sundanese), and Malaysian Translation Dictionary
Apart from discussing the meaning and discussion of the definition, to deepen it further, here we also need to know what the word means in the English, Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese) translation dictionaries, as well as Malaysia (Malay).
For easy understanding, in this glossary post, we will explain it in the form of a list of translations of terms from various types of languages as follows:
- English; Terminology = Subjective Photography.
- Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese translations); Terminology = Fotografi subyektif (Indonesian), Fotografi Subjektif (Java), and Fotografi subjektif in Sundanese.
- Malaysian; Terminology = Fotografi subjektif.
Closing
OK, above there is the discussion and explanation of what is the meaning of Subjective Photography.
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Footnotes
This glossary post was created by referring to the conclusions of the meaning of definitions from various authoritative relevant references such as Wikipedia, Britannica and several other sources such as MoMA, Tate, ModernArts, and so on. This word is one of a collection of terminology in the field of Art which begins with the alphabet or prefix S. This article wasupdated in Dec of 2025.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=subjective-photography
- https://www.britannica.com/search?query=subjective-photography
- View example images of subjective-photography through Google here
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