History of photography

Photography: How it's Affected the World The power of photography is, “To witness, to prove, to relate, to reveal, to celebrate, and to protect” (“National Geographic”). The basic concept of photography has been around since about the 5th century B.C.E., but when the camera obscura was invented around the 11th century, it changed how photography worked and how it was used. Photography is the, “method of recording the image of an object through the action of light, or related radiation, on a…

There are many genres of photography. From Astrophotography to wedding photography, there is a category of photography for any field of study or occasion. When Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took the first photograph in 1827, it started out as a blurry image on a piece of metal. As time progressed, photography has transitioned into a field of innovation and creativity. With Muybridge pioneering the study of photographing motion and Steven Sasson inventing the digital camera, there have been many great…

1) The photography effect had a great impact on the way art was viewed in the 19th century. Photography caused a shift to Romanticism, which emerged as a reaction to the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. It searched for a direct connection to nature rather than subject itself to scientific, industrial rules and regulation. It created an alternate world, one that appreciated the beauty and simplicity of nature, in response to the materialism of the industrialization. This is evident when…

Daguerre believed this was to long for just a blurry picture. Daguerre suggested that they replace the asphalt with silver iodine and use a sharper lens. This would reduce the time exposed and make a clearer image. Innovate∽ Louis Daguerre changed photography forever. Daguerre overcame the obstacles of the camera obscura that could only take pictures in a dark box. Daguerre perfected it by covering a plate in silver iodine, exposing it to mercury vapor, and putting it in the…

each day to take photography classes. I had always been interested in photography, but without any real knowledge on composing, taking, or editing pictures, I was unable to pursue the interest. I was nervous at first, a lot of the students there were in their second year and many of them had part time jobs in industry. It took a lot of work, but I started to understand exposure and aperture, how to get lighting to convey a message, and how use Photoshop and develop film. Photography is something…

he uses photography to push our popular perceptions of sexuality and fine art. The first conflict that Robert Mapplethorpe faced was the age of photography itself. Photography has not been around for very long. In fact, it was not fully considered or recognized an art form throughout the 19th century do to it being the most mechanical (not to mention newest) of mediums. Liz Wells acknowledges this argument, stating, “Central to the nineteenth-century debate about the nature of photography as a…

Annotated Bibliography and Reflection Kropscot, Carole . “Basic Portrait Photography.” Just for Beginners (2009): 5. Print. (Atkins) This article goes on to explain the photographer gets the subject to be all natural and not nervous. They do it by just striking conversation with them. Also you do not have to have a expensive flash, you can use a lamp to get the same lighting. I learned that outdoor light in the shade is better than direct sunlight because of the lens flare. One of the main…

considered influential during the twentieth century because he is considered a creator in the documentary style in the American photography. His photographs documented American life and culture during 30’s/70’s. I believe his journey through photography is a journey through concept, belief, and art history. At the beginning of his practice Evans admired and reflected the American history as his work documents the actual lifestyle of poor common people, it also described some of their agony and…

Photography had been around for more than a century and has drastically changed throughout the years. It used to take a ton of heavy equipment in order to take a decent photo. Not only would it take lots of work, but also lots of patients to wait for the photo to develop so that the person can see the image. Now it only takes a smartphone to take a good quality photo and it is not as complicated as it was years ago. Photography was mainly used to record memories and was not for social use. The…

Visual research” When we worked on photography history Garry Winogrand was one of the photographers that inspired me with my “Street People” assignment. My work is nothing like his but the free expression that I found in his work even though underneath some of his work you can see the different expressins in people this made me relise that you can express anything within a photo. Simon Garnier said: “I was too timid to get close to strangers to get intimate with them and tell their…