Documentary photography

rose photographer? No, I am a botanist, plant physiologist and plant pathologist. At least that is all that I thought I was until 24 years ago when my passion for the beautiful roses led me on a slightly different journey to an evacuation in rose photography. It has been an interesting and rewarding trek, but perhaps I should start at the very beginning. Many, many eons ago, when I was 6 years old, my mother helped me plant my first rose. She instilled in me a love for all types of plants. Her…

Cameras and photography has made a huge impact in our society for hundreds of years. But without a camera, there can be no photo. The first camera was called the pinhole camera, also known as the camera obscura. The idea of this camera was invented back in the 5th century BCE. It wasn’t your typical camera like the ones we have today but it’s the best concept they had to build and improve to make a structure like the ones we have today. The pinhole camera was made out of a box with a small hole…

Photography is a major part of world culture today. We are constantly surrounded by photographs; in our homes, on social media, on billboards, and even in our camera roll on our phones. There are numerous jobs in photography by creating your own business or working for other businesses. I career shadowed two professional photographers for my graduation project. The photographers I shadowed were Beth Ann Calamia and Stephanie Glover. Each has their own individual business. This project is…

Finding the Comfort in Religion During the 1950’s, African Americans were treated as the outcast. They were separated from white people. African American had to use restroom that was only for blacks, and sit at the back of the bus. If a white person got on the bus, they had to give up their seat. They had different waiting room in the hospital than the white people. These were not the only restrictions that were for African Americans, but there were a lot more restrictions on African Americans.…

difficult for the public to communicate through only one form of media. The four media groups, photography, cinema, television, and digital media, individually cover the six aspects of media, which are connectedness/accessibility, mobility/portability, public privateness, private publicness, personalization, and last but not least, interactivity. In this essay, we will be focusing on interactivity within photography, cinema, television, and digital media. When the camera was first invented,…

“Parmelian Prints of High Siera”. This portfolio is well known in the photography industrie. In 1930, Adam dedicated his life to photography and became the owner of a studio that Virginia’s father owned. In that decade, Adam had many photographs shown at the Smithsonian Imstitute (1931). Later, he opened his own gallery and published “Making a Photograph: An Introduction to Photography” (1935). Due to this book, the Department of Photography would open at the New York’s Museum of Mordern Art…

Every day I check my Instagram and Facebook to see what my friends have posted. The posts of pictures I see are what I use to interpret what I think about that person. I make assumptions and conclude a lot from a single photo. However, what I perceive is not always the truth about that given situation or person. People post certain pictures for a reason. That picture meant something to them. They wanted others to view it, therefore they posted it. Are they posting these pictures to convince…

Perplexing Coding This picture symbolizes my AP Computer Science class because in this class, I had to come up with different types of codes, like the one shown, to write and format. I chose this image because once I entered this class I knew that coding was exactly what it appeared to be. Complicated. Most of my class was filled with seniors so the first few months I struggled to learn the material that they already knew. When Mr. Ellich asked questions like what does “string” mean in coding,…

Many photographers represent urban photography as a way of visually displaying issues in their society. Ernst Hass does this through his photographs of the streets in New York, Chicago and Conoco. Through his photographs, he highlights both positives and negatives of different places and societies. Further, Hass uses composition, lighting, mood, and camera techniques to create visually spectacular image. In these photographs, Hass also captures urban life, social, cultural issues and rhythm.…

“In the beginning, photography was my passport to meeting people, learning, and experiencing new cultures. Now it is more than just a passport. It’s a tool for creating awareness and understanding across cultures, communities, and countries; a tool to make sense of our commonalities in the world we share,” quote by Ami Vitale. Ami Vitale is a world known photographer, from being a Nikon Ambassador to being a National Geographic magazine photographer. Vitale has a degree in International Studies…