History of photography

Photos are like windows into the past and the present. They aren’t just pieces of papers that have no use. They are a snapshot of history. In class we mainly talk about photographers who have something to do with history. We talked about the photographers who took photos of war and tragedy for the most part. The first question we were asked to ponder and discuss was, “How do photographs depicting human pain and suffering differ from paintings or other media depicting similar subject matter?”…

Curiosity is a thoroughly innate quality. Humans stand around what stands out in the world and try to make sense of the senseless. This asset of curiosity has allowed us to make many progressive advances throughout history. But even today, without regards to an evolutionary context, we are constantly drawn to focus on the unknown and how to uncover and understand it. Such a concept is regarded and carried out through media and mediated content. From newspapers to news channels, photographs and…

stories can unite people and maybe help readers deal with their personal problems. The other piece of art that can’t be compared to this one is the book The Americans by Robert Frank. This is a form of art that is history, he did not capture an advice but feelings and emotion. He made history and changed many things. He opened eyes to reality and made people see the difference in real like and advertisements. One of the reason these two unique pieces of art cannot be compared is the time in…

Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre was co-proprietor of the Diorama in Paris as well as a stage set designer in the mid-1800’s. Daguerre was born in 1787 in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, France; a community in Northern France. Daguerre did not have much of an education when he was a child, but by the age of 52 Daguerre had revolutionized the art of capturing a moment in time. Before his invention was patented, Daguerre teamed up with another artist who was facing similar…

At the beginning of the project my initial idea was to go down the DNA route photographing things such as eyes, fingerprints, etc. This soon changed when I researched Marjolaine Ryley as she did a shoot on her female relatives focusing on her Grandma which I liked so I decided to photograph my Nanna’s bungalow and from that I moved onto looking at old photos from her childhood and also my mum to show how time has changed and any similarities there may be as well as their own identities. In…

George became interested in photography when a coworker suggested he take a camera on a vacation to Santo Domingo in 1877. George never made the trip, but consequently this sparked his interest in photography. “ He would toil at the bank all day, six days a week, then spend his evenings… experimenting tirelessly with various photo emulsions” (Zinsmeister). This accidental…

What would the world be like without photography? Well to begin with it wouldn’t be anywhere near to what we have converted it into currently. We wouldn’t be able to capture memories or beautiful views, nor would we be able to pass on certain ideas for educational purposes. But, brilliant people such as Mo-ti to Eugene F. Larry, brought all their ideas together like a chain and contributed to the development of the camera. The concept of creating images besides drawing them started hundreds…

#### argue that photos need to be conceptualised as material objects, three-dimensional objects. Photographs taken within the private setting often have intangible linkages like affection and memories associated with them. Throughout the history of photography, images have been printed and used in various ways. They have been printed on postcards (1800) and exchanged, cherished in photo-albums (1950-90), placed prominently on a wall, and in recent times - on mobile phone covers, screen savers…

Cameras and photography has made a huge impact in our society for hundreds of years. But without a camera, there can be no photo. The first camera was called the pinhole camera, also known as the camera obscura. The idea of this camera was invented back in the 5th century BCE. It wasn’t your typical camera like the ones we have today but it’s the best concept they had to build and improve to make a structure like the ones we have today. The pinhole camera was made out of a box with a small hole…

gave him an exceptional review. In 1932, he had a display at the M.H. de Young Museum. This show was with Imogen Cunningham and Edward Weston; together they made up Group f/64, which is an aperture setting. This group favored “pure or straight photography” instead of pictorialsm. In the fall of 1941, he began taking photographs of National Parks, Indian reservations as well as other locations for the Department of the Interior. They used mural-sized prints to decorate the department’s new…