Documentary photography

When thinking of Antonioni I would never say his short documentaries are the first thing to come to mind. His visual flare and focus on the setting as well as the subjects are all prevalent in every title I have seen, 7 Reeds for a Dress perhaps the most reminiscent of his future works.What seems to be the element that links all the documentaries together has less to do with visual style and more with Antonioni’s background and infatuation with his home country. These films seem to be about the…

However, that does not always happen. “It's not really a surprise when celebrities lash out and take their aggression out on a seemingly defenseless member of the camera carting crew.” (Zimbio) From smashed cameras to punches thrown, Zimbio lists the Top 10 attacks on paparazzi from celebrities, which included; “Kanye West attempted to board a plane from LAX…One photographer in particular suffered … West rushed towards the photographer, stole his camera, then smashed it to the ground.” Also…

Inherited Treasures Walking through the doorway to my bedroom, I recognize many unique and vintage objects that I have inherited from my deceased grandmother. About ten years before I was born, my grandma, Katie Binder, lost her life to breast cancer. My father and his family have told me about my grandma’s love for making beautiful, lively artwork. Over the years, I have inherited several of her paintings, a collection of her vintage cameras, and one of her homemade cloth dolls. These…

The Civil War was one of the first wars to be documented thoroughly with the aid of photography. Mathew Brady and his team of twenty-three men took great care to document the war thoroughly. Brady began his photography career in photography in 1844, opening a Daguerrean Miniature Gallery in New York City (Mathew Brady 's World - A Biographical Timeline). Brady gained permission from president Lincoln to follow the Union troops to document the war in 1861. Mathew Brady, his team and his…

into one including photography, painting, music, and sculpture just to name a few. Given that, there is art if film, but an ongoing debate questions whether film itself can be conceived as an art form at all. All films at their bare minimum are photographic images being shown in a rapid succession to give the appearance of movement. André Bazin believes that photography holds a place in the category of the 'plastic arts ' along with paintings, and sculptures, in that photography is an art form.…

Photo Description some close friends are taking picture for a serious aim.It is black-and-white photo that shows four men; two of them sit on the chair and the other two stands behind them. Who are sitting and the one that stand on the left look directly to the camera and the fourth one is look up may be see something in the sky. They look like they are very close friends and have known each other for long time. The one sitting on the left puts his hands over each other and he looks serious…

The word photography is derived from the Greek words for writing and light. A world without photography is hard and to some extent impossible to imagine due to its constant presence in our everyday life. Photography has saved us from sparing a lot of words to describe scenery or landscape of outlook of an individual and with the wings of technology photography has captured us from every aspect of life. (T. Bentley, 2009) From retaining memories to exploring landscapes as well as in the medical…

SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia. (SCAD) Jonathan Becker for photography was sparked young. During the artist talk Becker discussed his first commissioned piece coming into fruition…

In this research paper, I will be talking about the equipment used to become a photographer. Photography requires a numerous amount of equipment to become a photographer. Photography shows way beyond than what is just on in the photo, it shows emotions. A method of recording images by the actions of light, or related radiation, on a sensitive material. I will be presenting to the panel of judges a portfolio of all the photographs that I have learned to take with different equipment, effects, and…

Throughout the semester we’ve been talking about art. For my project I wanted to do something I love, so I have a photograph of a water balloon popping. Photography is a way of art because it can capture people, objects, scenes, etc, in a photograph. One photograph can say a lot about something. As for my photo, it does not have a universal message but it says something about how I like to see things. I like to capture objects that someone wouldn 't usually see by just looking with their eyes,…