Daguerreotype

Some may argue that photography is the single most important thing ever invented. It shows our past, it is proof that we exist, so that way when we pass on there will be something to remember us by. Photography is a way to look back on our life and to see what we have made of it. “Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.” -Dorothea Lange. PHOTOGRAPHY WAS FIRST USED AS A TOOL TO AID WITH ART, AND OVER THE YEARS NEW INVENTIONS HAVE MADE PHOTOGRAPHY INTO ITS VERY…

the camera process. Only ten years later after many experimenting and the death of Niepce, Daguerre finally created a better process and named it “Daguerreotype”. The Daguerreotype quickly gained popularity, and another ten years later Daguerre and the son of Niepce sold the rights of the Daguerreotype to the government of France. These Daguerreotype camera were normally made by opticians or photographers themselves. This caused an increase in photography studios, such as more than seventy in…

Photography has been used for the longest time for capturing extraordinary moments in a person’s life or bodies of interest. It has evolved from the first camera to capture photos from professional and digital cameras. However, what lead to make photography and its different kinds of photography? Let’s take a trip through history and see how this all came to be. It all started in 1839; a scientist named Sir John F.W. Herschel first came up with the word “photography” from the Greek words known…

Ever since its invention, photography has always been very popular. The number of people using the camera throughout the centuries continues to proliferate and with the increase in popularity for this new media came various expansions and technological advancements to the camera as well as the methodology of taking a photograph itself. These advancements did not happen suddenly; the technology and advancements in photography we have today is the product of many centuries of work through a…

Any image that has a greater view than the human eye or an aspect ratio of 2:1 is considered a panorama. Panoramic photography was born when the pioneer photographers started using daguerreotype plates put together to form wide-angled scenes. One of the first panoramic photographs was by Martin Behramanx in 1851 showing San Francisco from Rincon Hill. It is thought that the original panorama had 11 plates, but the originals no longer exist. Even thou it was developed 150 years ago people still…

depth and muted color, Kertész restructures the mundane into an obscure reality, while all place the human form against the symmetrical lines of its own creation. Daguerre’s desires to create a perfectly realistic image pushed him to invent the daguerreotype, allowing him to permanently save an image on a plate. Steichen, as a pictorialist, aimed to photograph the power and importance of New York’s industrial architecture, while also applying his artistic ability to manipulate the gel coloring.…

While French police began making daguerreotypes for identifying known criminal in 1841, the first crime scene cameras were used as early as 1865. The first crime scene cameras were large, tripod mounted 8”x10” glass plate negative cameras. French photographer, Alphonse Bertillon was the first to realize that photographs were futile for identification. Throughout the centuries crime scene photography has evolved tremendously. From daguerreotypes to color in…

Art is inspired by the world around it. The techniques, tools, and technology all effect how art is made at a certain point in time. Prehistoric men used cave walls to print their paintings, the subject matter usually being nature or the supernatural. Millions of years later, our artists are still being influenced by the world around them and the tools available. During the Industrial Revolution paint began being sold in tubes, and the realm of those who enjoyed and purchased art was expanded.…

History of Photography Although many may know what photography is, they do not know how far it has come from the beginning of its time. Photography, in itself, is one of the fastest growing hobbies in today’s world. Many believed it was “the killer of fine art” (Tolmachev) as it began to develop. The changes of photography and the people who have contributed to its advancement, have played a vital part in bringing it from its humble beginnings to its present day technological astonishment.…

Thesis for Research Paper Throughout life, there are certain technological advancements everybody experiences which affect their lives in either positive or negative ways. To be more specific, the field of photography is a field which has had some major technological advancements with imaging, resulting in the discovery of radiographs, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The chain reaction of advancements from photography to medicine has helped the world in increasing life…