History of photography

he graduated, he taught in New York City at the Ethical Culture School, where he would encourage his students to use photography as an educational medium. While teaching, Hine would take his students to Ellis Island in the New York Harbor to photograph the thousands of immigrants arriving each and every day. Between the years 1904 and 1909, Hine realized that documentary photography could be used as a tool for social change and reform…

In most cases people would assume that a portrait is nothing more than a face. However, Annie Leibovitz often includes more information in the photograph. Some of her portraits give insights into the celebrity’s life while others do not. The formal and posed, portraits often remind us of a person’s well-known character, while the informal portraits rely on other information like environments in order to portray the person’s personality or lifestyle. In the same aspect, some of the portraits also…

Weng & Martin (A venture on prenuptial photography) After devoting almost all my time to my family, studies and professional development, I almost forgot to think about travelling and or seeing new places. This is until the time when I am thinking of good sideline to fund some of my expenses in school. By then I already knew I wanted to venture to photography gigs from friends and friends of friends recommendation. This let me earn money while at the same time experience new or familiar places.…

A wonderful action camera is usually several factors but with the aid of my years of expertise I will try to provide you with different tips on what to think about in that ideal action camera camcorder so it will be probable to catch those unique moments which personally is when I do my extreme sporting activities. The market industry is usually a jungle and for me it is very important to get the best action camera and make sure there are now unknown issues which might make me loose out on the…

Amongst the variety of selective works from our readings, my attention was particularly drawn to the work of Jeff Thomas. The piece titled, “Culture Revolution” left a key interest in where my attention was drawn. The photograph brings a tense feeling and draws the viewer’s attention to the details amongst the figure in it. When looking at the photograph, there is a sense of wonder to it. Jeff Thomas gives his audience a way to wonder what the meaning behind the photo is; while it seems as if…

“A picture is worth a thousand words.” However, media does not transmit the appropriate thousand words that they should in their images. The different broadcasting forms have corrupted the perception of beauty into something surreal, incredible, and, very often, unhealthy. It is no secret that beauty standards portrayed in pictures from magazines, and other similar mediums, make adolescent girls vulnerable to these false representations of beauty early in their age. Beauty fabrications are…

In the picture I chose for my article, there are two people in it. There is a boy dressed with a black suit and a green tie, smiling, at the camera with a girl in a green dress. I chose this picture because although they both look happy in the picture they have a bad past. The boy in this picture is the girl’s brother, Francisco, and the girl in this picture is Sandybel (me). In the past both the boy and the girl would fight all the time no matter what. Whether it was about food or whenever it…

What I find beautiful is something that catches my attention. Say I am walking down the street and see a mural of some sort; I am not going to stop and take a break for just any painting. I stop and look because it catches my attention. Usually being something that I am interested in. Going with that it has to catch my emotions. If it is a happy painting or a sad painting, either in my eyes can be beautiful. If it is trying to portray something meaningful through their artwork using emotions.…

Abstract Crime Scene photography is one of the most important aspects of documenting crimes scenes and evidence. Photographs are often used as courtroom exhibits to support witnesses’ testimony and to prove or disapprove issues or theories before the court. Because of their value as court exhibits, the crime scene photographer’s goal should be to take photographs that meet the requirements for admissibility. It is possible to reconstruct a crime scene by analyzing the location and appearance of…

During the period of 1885 to around 1920, Pictorialism photography dominated , which was likened to paintings as the image had visible brush strokes. Australian artist Harold Cazneaux produced images, which contained an atmospheric sense displayed by soft hues and grainy styles. This specific style was used throughout the world, and was also called the “Fuzzy Wuzzy Style”. Shortly after Pictorialism declined in popularity, Modernism was pioneered in Germany at the Bauhaus school of design. This…