History of photography

century, photos have been the core of people 's emotions as it shows the best and the funniest moments of our life. The images that we capture in our everyday life are the images that we look back to and smile. The word photography comes from the Greek word "light" and "drawing".photography is a process which takes fixed images using the light on a chemical surface. (Dorling Kindersley. 2007). In this report, I will be exploring the photographic inventions made by inventors overtime. The…

Photography plays a vital role in framing trauma, such as in the events of the September 11 attacks; the many images produced in the wake of the tragedy shaped its transformation from a national trauma to history. For one, photography is a strategy for coping. A number of people have noted the desire to inexplicably record anything and everything for themselves during disaster, as if maybe capturing those moments would make them more real to their shocked selves or illustrate some hidden…

Why do we want to take pictures? In a 2007 issue of the Queens Quarterly, Rodney G.S. Carter writes, "Photographs serve as records of events and also function as fundamental tools for sharing not only past experiences but values as well.” As a photography student, I take a lot of pictures on a daily…

What were some of the arguments about the relationship of art to photography? Discuss an image as an examples of at least two of these main arguments. (25%) The first successful photographic process that invented by Daguerre in 1839 received a great welcome from people with replacing painting portraits with its accurate…

that, "in the hands of an extraordinary artist", photography can cease to be the "static record" of a moment in time and transcend to a "deeper level" of artistic understanding. Momaday makes these claims when discussing the work of renowned photographer Edward S. Curtis, who spent his lifetime perfecting the art of photography while capturing images of Native Americans. Upon examining Edward S. Curtis's photographic work and the effects of photography on American culture from its inception to…

Erin Hussey Brian McNeil History Of Photography VM 203 13 October 2015 The Technical Evolution of Photography: 1825-1875 Photography, invented in the early 1800s, is one of the largest growing visual art forms and hobbies in the world today. Through photography, our society captures the present and records the past. It has affected our society socially, politically, and recreationally. Historically, photography provides an objective record of real events, as seen in the late 19th century…

due to their violent nature. Shocking and violent photographs have the power to garner public interest and provoke social change. Patt Blue from the International Center of Photography writes, “reality is not a framed and frozen image - it is chaos, loud, dirty, and grossly disorganized” and so we should expect our news photography to properly showcase that. While many aspiring journalists drift over to soft content like music, entertainment and celebrities, there are journalists risking their…

great impact on photojournalistic practices and routines since the 1980s (Fadel, 2010). This shift has created new realms of challenges for photojournalists; photo manipulation is one such challenge. Despite its existence since the emergence of photography, it has always been a matter of fierce debate and concern, especially after the massive ‘revolution’ of the advanced digital technology which made manipulation much easier, more persuasive and mostly undetectable. According to Bardis (2004,…

Name Mr.Engelkes Literacy period: 6/7 12/10/14 The History Behind The Camera There’s a albino chipmunk and it’s something that you can’t forget! So you take out your camera and FLASH! You take a picture and now it’s a new memory! But how did your camera become a camera? How was your camera able to print your picture? Well take a second to think about it and get ready for the information your about to hear! First let’s start with the definition of Camera: A device for recording visual…

the photograph conveys in itself a personal intention of the photographer. (pp 24-25) 4. The strength of photography…