Photography Changed the World An image, in its most simple form, is produced in a dark box, with a small hole to let light in. However, the image is not permanent. In order to make the image stay, two photographers created two different processes. Louis Daguerre, who is credited with inventing photography, used a large polished sheet of copper that was sensitized by iodine vapor. Then he exposed it in a large box camera. Once the exposure was made, Daguerre developed the image in mercury fumes and stabilized it with salt water, creating what is known as the Daguerreotype. Henry-Fox Talbot used silver salt coated paper inside of his camera obscura, but only allowed the paper to be exposed for a limited time. After the exposure was created, it was fixed by chemicals. These
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The space he opened was named the Little Galleries of the Photo Secession, but became more commonly known as 291. Being the first gallery of its kind, Stieglitz placed paintings and photographs on the same level. After the opening of his gallery, Stieglitz and other Photo-Secessionists sponsored an international exhibit in the Albright Art Gallery. More than five hundred photographs occupied over half of the gallery space. By this time in history the photograph has finally reached its art status.
Photography was not used only for art purposes. It was used in wars to take aerial photos of the surrounding grounds. It was used as propaganda to boost moral or to “clearly show” who the enemy was in times of war. It was used to show what war was like. Robert Capa took an iconic photo of a soldier being shot in the Spanish civil war. He became one of the most famous war photographers of all time. He worked for Life magazine as a war correspondent. During World War Two, he traveled with the United States Army and took photographs of the Allies progress and victories, along with the losses. He was there for it
The space he opened was named the Little Galleries of the Photo Secession, but became more commonly known as 291. Being the first gallery of its kind, Stieglitz placed paintings and photographs on the same level. After the opening of his gallery, Stieglitz and other Photo-Secessionists sponsored an international exhibit in the Albright Art Gallery. More than five hundred photographs occupied over half of the gallery space. By this time in history the photograph has finally reached its art status.
Photography was not used only for art purposes. It was used in wars to take aerial photos of the surrounding grounds. It was used as propaganda to boost moral or to “clearly show” who the enemy was in times of war. It was used to show what war was like. Robert Capa took an iconic photo of a soldier being shot in the Spanish civil war. He became one of the most famous war photographers of all time. He worked for Life magazine as a war correspondent. During World War Two, he traveled with the United States Army and took photographs of the Allies progress and victories, along with the losses. He was there for it