History of photography

Instagram has widened the lane for photography. Instagram has allows people see and show others people art. Photos in instagram give emotions. According to “The Psychology of Selfies: Why We Love Taking and Viewing Photos of Faces” by Courtney Seiter,“Looking directly into the camera can help…

Photos of a dog that is buried in sand have surfaced online. The picture is of five individuals and on it, a dog is buried in sand with only its head not buried in sand. Some people are very callous. It beats logic trying to wind down on a beach by abusing an innocent dog that is defenceless. This cruel incident took place in Brazil on the sandy beaches of Porto Alegre. A group of people who were having quality time having fun on the beach decided to have more fun which was not funny even one…

Romanticism According to the article titled “Romanticism and Its Relation to Landscape Photography & Painting”, romanticism was an art form that rejected classicalism and focused on nature, imagination and emotion (1) . Therefore, this started a new way of thinking and created a new type of art. It crossed between music, painting, photography and many other art forms. Landscape photography was popular at this time, therefore, romantic landscapes were common. The landscapes focused on the beauty…

Images, videos, advertisements, and magazines are the daily basis. In which we see and hear in everyday life. However, each one of the mediums has own description on a deeper level to describe certain values in our society. It is important to reveal the truth to the public viewers, to develop the thoughts of understanding the reality from lies, and to reveal certain hidden things about ideas that are meant to show something else. Individuals are a part of this big population, where cultural…

First Motion Pictures by The Lumiere Brothers With the invention of the Cinematographe, Auguste and Louis Lumiere were the pioneers to hold one of the first screenings of, also, the first motion picture in the world, which also gives birth to the implementation of charging for admission to which we have until today. In Paris, December of 1895, the first screenings of the Brothers’ movie was held at the “Salon Indien du Grand Café”. Salon Indien was in fact, a rather small sized hall that…

in the world say that photography is not art because anyone can take photos. In my opinion, I would say that Photography is art. People say that it is not because it’s just too easy, or that camera makes the image and that basically anyone can do it. But art through photography is not easy at all. The photographer is creating the photographs. The camera records the images, but the photographer is the one that is capturing the emotion and the beauty of the moment. Photography is art, that is a…

Diane Arbus has made a significant mark in the photography world. The fascination she had with ‘freaks’ makes her photos very important when it comes to the popularity and criticism she has faced. Steven Shainbergs film Fur: An imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus and Susan Sontags critique of Diane Arbus will be discussed as to what different interpretations these texts have on Arbus’ work. Both texts will show their own individual interpretations and the differnt views they have on her work,…

Institute of Technology in 1957 where he received his B.F.A degree. In addition, Uelsmann earned his M.S. as well as an M.F.A. from Indiana University in 1960. Aside from creating his own artwork, Uelsmann taught photography at the University of Florida Gainesville. In addition to teaching photography, he was a graduate research professor of art and is now retired. Jerry Uelsmann has received two fellowships, one a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1967 and the other a National Endowment for the Arts…

Chapter Three: Filip Dujardin Filip Dujardin is a photographer who has explored manipulation of photographs through Photoshop. Dujardin’s work is photographs of unrealistic and amazingly complicated buildings that have a very unique and different style to them (Decor). The photo to the left is an excellent example of what Dujardin’s work looks like, it has a very unique and real look, however because of the complexity and impossibly it is known that the building isn’t real. The use of color is…

In Susan Sontag's On Photography, she develops a stance on both the ideal of photography and on the ideal of experience. Then she relates these to either either participating or just seeing. Throughout her published piece On Photography Sontag states explicitly that she believes that the art of picture taking is far superior to that of picturesque writing. Examples of her expressing her support can be found in lines 5-8, "What is written about a person or an event is frankly an interpretation,…