Documentary photography

1)Production & Values: This photography was taken in New York, 1999. Maier took this image using a film camera in black and white. Her Rolleiflex twin-lens reflex camera is different from a normal SLR camera, as it has different viewfinder system, and enables Maier to view from above at her waist level, which provides the street photograph to be nature. Documentary photography is difficult to set up the camera with the shortage time, especially, the film camera that it takes longer than a digital camera. Maier did not prepare to take this photo, as she normally had the outing with the children she looked after for. She was walking along the local street in New York and saw the random boy on the way, he looked outside the window with a nostalgic feeling. His eyes were particularly attractive, which it might be the reason that Maier took this photography. It could be said that this image was in an actual condition or documentary photograph. As a result of shooting in a documentary photograph, This provides the…

Fictional and documentary photography There have been many attempts by photographers to challenge the line between reality and fiction. Cindy Sherman is one of the photographers who create images that ignite the speculative relationship between reality and fiction. Through her photography, Cindy Sherman develops a new path where she fosters a visual discourse and opens up a discussion on the power of images and the message that the image communicates to the viewer. In many of her images, Sherman…

event in that small paper will change my thoughts about life. According with the article “Ethical limits in documentary photography” in Not Just a Document”, the author debates the photojournalism ethical code. The author explains how photojournalists first do their jobs, and some cases they intervene. Also, he/she describes one of the famous photograph taken by Kevin Carter in March 1993, Sudan who won the Pulitzer Award. The picture shows us a little girl bent over with hunger and vulture…

Photography is the science, art, application and practice of creating images by recording light or by other electromagnetic pulses. It can be done electronically by means of an image sensor. It can also be done chemically a light sensitive material like photographic film. Photography was a form of art that expanded and evolved between the 1840’s and the earl 19th centuries. Jacob Riis, and Dorothea Lange where two photographers that played a vital part in the evolution of photography at this…

In the art of Photography there are quite a few genres in the subject, many serve various purposes. Some tend to serve multiple purposes at the same time, Like how a Fine Art photo may also serve as perfect example of a Documentary photo. Photography is a strange subject where it wasn’t seen as fine art until more recently so it is a still developing platform. Other types of genre in photography would be things such as; Arial, Nature, Night, Fine Art, Astrophotography, Microscopic, Forensic,…

Given the presence of photographic approaches and documentary evidence in the 1930’s, it seems as if the events of the Great Depression took place in black and white. Artists were forced to react to the changing times, or risk losing their job. In response, the 1930’s became a time of documentary photography and expression. Artists began to explore alternate routes of showcasing their talents, all with the intention of revealing the reality that was the Great Depression. Seeing this new…

When Steven is on his second trial, he has multiple conversations with his family that deal with their mutual uncertainty and disdain for the case. During the call, the audience is shown images of the snow covered junkyard and Avery’s mother, Doris, alone at home. This shifts the focus of the viewer to Avery’s family and shows the struggle that they have sustaining for the entire process. As Doris sits alone at a small table gazing forward with her hand on her lips, her uncertainty and fear is…

end of cetacean slaughtering and captive holding,¨. This specifically means that she believes that aquatic species should not be harmed and that she is willing to fight for them. Also, another reason why she is a great teen activist is because she is a very courageous person. At the age of 14, she spoke to the Tedx Talk to help spread awareness about freeing captive orcas. This shows how powerful she is because she had a job to do, and that was to get her message across. And she successfully…

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I want to write my course paper on a man I idolize and completely respect, This man i speak of is Andre Romell Young, a.k.a ‘Dr. Dre.’ My goal is to shed light on Mr. Young’s Achievements, business moves and career paths, I will highlight some personal things about Mr. Young but as long as it is relevant to my points. In 1984 Dr. Dre started his music career at a local Compton night club ‘Eve After Dark’ as a Disc Jockey, he was apart of a group known as the ‘World Wrecking Crew’. Here Young,…