Documentary photography

When I get older, I would like to become a photographer. Photography is a about seizing a moment, then editing the pictures taken. It's about living in the moment and capturing what one sees, something you may never see again. By capturing a moment you save memories so they can never be forgotten. These photos will forever be engraved into your mind, they will also be a physical piece of your memory as well. Cameras are a fragment of technology, which can be complicated if not learned how…

Marleen Gorris’s Antonia’s Line is an expertly shot Dutch film rich with complex female characters and rich narrative. When a larger-than-life Antonia returns to her childhood home in the Dutch countryside, the town is rapidly restructured due to Antonia’s actions. Over the course of the film, Antonia becomes a figure that is seemingly untouchable by natural forces. However, the certainty of her death and the rhythmic narrative of the villagers’ lives remind the audience that no living being is…

1988, Anne set up her first studio. At 25 years old she taught herself photography. She used her husband’s 35 mm Pentax K1000 camera. Anne had by this time built a small portfolio of photographs, thus starting her career as a baby photographer. The emotional content of a photograph, to Geddes, is the most important element of a photograph. Because her work has simplicity and personality, people are drawn to her style of photography. She loves babies, and believes that every child should be…

is dead but there is proof that Gardner and O'Sullivan moved the man's body to the place that he image depicts to have a better scene. The collodion process allowing for multiple printing of clear, crisp images greatly increased the range of photography to be spread around. Roger Fenton taking images of the Crimean war, and of the many photographs throughout the American civil war, these are only two examples of how because the collodion process allowed for multiple prints to be made of these…

American History PERIOD 3 Katie Gardner How Photography Changed America ___ By Nate Levinzon INTRODUCTION Everyday, millions of people are bombarded with graphic imagery. From “the” next car to toothpaste, advertisements and designs made to captivate us end up making us numb to their very existence. Desensitized by the fact that the convicting images of lust, desire, and horror contained in these mediums make us barely bat an eye. One no longer looks at a Carl’s Jr advertisement and sees…

Shot #1: I zoomed in on the roof of our chicken coop to illustrate horizontal lines. The chicken coop is built with all the lines listed, however, the longest of the lines, are horizontal. So, the horizontal lines made for the longest shot time. Shot #2: I focused in on the gold stitch, the other toys in the background blurred, creating the depth of field visual element. Shot #3: I zoomed in on tree bark at a local park to illustrate texture. Shot #4: I zoomed in on a building window arch to…

undergraduate degree programs. This is especially true for those in specialties such as industrial photography, photojournalism or scientific photography. Undergraduate degree programs in photography and related fields may be available at art schools, colleges and universities. bachelor of fine arts in photography…

The scene begins with a view of a tunnel, which is kicked open by a group of shouting men and a man taken out. The individual is the former Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi, who is then shot dead. The scene has a dramatic element to it, with some young men were seen making a dash towards the stage and shouts rent the air, as the former President is portrayed in an open, graphic state. The shot has slowly rising orchestral music in the background, which threatens to be drowned by the gunshots and…

artist is the medium of photography. Allan Sekula explores what it means to take a picture in modern society. There are many possibilities within the realm of photography. The power of this art form is a point of view without the interpretation of man. The camera is technically the one creating the photograph, so there are minimal effects from the hand of man in photography. Film photography is an art “in which objects preserve, mathematically their forms.” Photography perfectly captures…

The focal point in this artwork would be the various types of wigs. Lorna Simpson uses a Valencia like filter on her artwork. She uses a white canvas to place her cream colored frames for the wigs, the majority of them being black, with the exception of one white wig. The technique in which she organizes her photos is somewhat like a collage of wigs. Lorna Simpson’s artwork tries to explain how the role of hair can sometimes socially identify us. Simpson photographed twenty-one different types…