History of photography

and sometimes we'd have to take a day off to give the model an eye rest." The Shirley cards were used all over the world, wherever the Kodak printers were used. It was called The Shirley. Light and Dark the Racial Biases that Davis 1 remain in photography an 1852 illustration shows Snow White's evil stepmother gazing into her magic mirror. DeMoulin eventually became a vice president of Kodak. He says he lost track of the original Shirley after she got married and left the company. (NPR tried…

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…

Like previously stated Lorna Simson uses her work as a way of questioning identity and in this piece she has used photography as a form of self reflection to draw the viewer in and almost forcing them to question identity through narrative photography and text. Identify, history and memory being Simpson's main focus in her work is a reoccurring theme with many artist during the 80's. There was a shift in artmaking during the last 70s and early 80s due to the massive movements which happened in…

public figures made him one of the top, most famous portrait photographers of the 20th century. Karsh along with his family fled their hometown Amenia when he was only 15 years old. He ended up in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Where he learned photography through his uncle. He gained access to outstanding national and international figures, right before the terrible World War II began. He worked with mostly with black and white portraits using a large 8x10 camera view. He often spent time with…

this point in her life. She wanted them to know that she did love them, even though she had spent her entire life photographing other places and things. The second part, for me, was her traveling phase. She went with Paul all over the world. Her photography was lessened by her low energy levels and the fact that she was working as a tourist rather than a professional photographer. These photographs had a different tone than the rest of her…

For one, the perspective was skewed. The public only saw what the publishers pushed through, and the publishers saw what the photographers decided to take. Intentionally or not war photography tended to focus on the victimization that war creates. While in some cases this may be true about war, there are also other reasons for fighting. What about the freedoms and rights, that as Americans, we are privileged to have? What about the land…

Reconnaissance by artist Christine Hiebert is a shining example of simplistic minimalist art that seeks to demonstrate a wide narrative of meanings and ideas. By creating this piece Hiebert has managed to encompass expansive social paradigms reserved for the most socially attuned artists. Beginning with a formal examination of the piece brings the viewer to their initial inspection of the piece Reconnaissance. Featured in the Davis center of Wellesley College the piece is primarily constructed…

Photography isn’t just being able to take a pretty picture. There are a lot of factors to think about when it comes to taking a picture. The most important thing to me when it comes to photography is when a picture tells a story. One photographer that I think tells amazing stories through her photographs is Margaret Bourke-White. Margaret was a photographer in the 1920’s. When Margaret was in college she did not dream about being a photographer she dreamed about being a Herpetologist. She once…

explains in his article, “10 Reasons Why Photography Sucks and Isn’t an Art Form,” that today, photography does not require any special skills, or talents because it is easy as “pushing the buttons on an elevator” (Thripp). Thripp argues, “When you take a photo, you’re using a tool to save a copy of a scene. You’re creating nothing and the camera’s creating nothing. If the camera does create something, it isn’t art-it’s a defect” (10 Reasons Why Photography Sucks and Isn 't an Art Form).…

have the viewers relate to the image and build a connection emotionally and intellectually so that the artwork isn’t made without any sort of rationality. It can be used to produce history to catch every single importance in life that will someday generate a social change in our world and the way we view it. Photography has traveled throughout time, which plenty of changes expanded with the most sophisticated camera devices, but the logic behind every photograph will forever have a distinct…