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Robert Mapplethorpe was one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. Coming in on the scene in the nineteen-sixties, Mapplethorpe was considered scandalous and controversial at best. Most of his work had been seen as homoerotic or simply just pornographic. Instead of looking at his work from this perspective however, I will be taking the stance of his work as being technically beautiful as well as arguing that he uses photography to push our popular perceptions of sexuality and…

Edward Hopper portrayed the double act of looking by incorporating different artistic elements to express the feeling of loneliness based on the reality of American society in the 20th century. The uses of double act of looking in his three paintings Room in Brooklyn, Morning Sun, and Office in a small city in order to criticize the drawbacks of reality of 20th century America and to allow his viewers to perceive these drawbacks as well. Most of his masterpieces are landscape and figurative oil…

Megan Haug New Media Junior Seminar Response to The Body and The Archive, Allan Sekula September 25, 2015 Portraiture is nothing new to the visual artist; what is new to the visual artist is the medium of photography. Allan Sekula explores what it means to take a picture in modern society. There are many possibilities within the realm of photography. The power of this art form is a point of view without the interpretation of man. The camera is technically the one creating the photograph,…

Philippe Halsman was an acclaimed picture taker. A representations' percentage he is acclaimed for included model Constance Ford, Albert Einstein, The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and Marilyn Monroe. A survey led in 1958 by Popular Photography named Halsman one of the "World's Ten Greatest Photographers" nearby Ansel Adams, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Richard Avedon, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ernst Haas, Gjon Mili, Yousuf Karsh, Eugene Smith, and Irving Penn. Halsman was conceived May 2, 1906 in Riga,…

Robert Capa is one of the most well known war photographers. He was a photographer in five different wars, such as the Spanish Civil War, WWII, and the Sino- Japanese War. He brought a lot of controversy with his photos with some critics even saying he didn’t take some of the photos, but either way he had a huge impact on how we view the war and definitely gave us insight on what goes on. Born October 22, 1913 In Budapest, Austria Hungary into a Jewish family, his love for writing and the arts…

Since the creation of photography, photographic images have been used to shape the public’s knowledge through means such as staged photos, photo manipulation, and photos portrayed in the media. These photos have been used to give a visual taste of history all the way from World Wars to nationwide depressions. The camera has been a very significant part of history due to the fact of it giving the opportunity to see what things looked like during different times. Photographers like Henry…

Before the camera was invented it was really difficult to record an image. You had to stand very still for a long time for the picture to be taken. If you moved just a little bit the picture would turn out blurry. In the year of 1881 George Eastman started making dry plates (Dry plates were round disks that were used instead of film). Then in 1883, George Eastman created a thin strip of paper covered in gelatin emulsion and silver balide, which is what we call film. Finally, he invented the…

Any image that has a greater view than the human eye or an aspect ratio of 2:1 is considered a panorama. Panoramic photography was born when the pioneer photographers started using daguerreotype plates put together to form wide-angled scenes. One of the first panoramic photographs was by Martin Behramanx in 1851 showing San Francisco from Rincon Hill. It is thought that the original panorama had 11 plates, but the originals no longer exist. Even thou it was developed 150 years ago people still…

A world without photography seems merely impossible for the modern age humans. Photography is seen throughout our everyday lives, from the television, to smartphones, and on our computers it seems impossible to avoid it. But why would we want to? Photography is a vision, a memory, a moment captured in time that makes it possible for humans to share these moments with others. But more times than not, these moments, visions, photographs are altered, manipulated, and distorted to influence, and…

emotions, thoughts, and perspectives because the subject of a photo can be anything visible. Most commonly seen are photographs of people, items, or scenery. Photography for me is a way to capture moments and memories; a way to freeze time and keep an image or moment the way it is forever. Even though I no longer speak to some people, I have photographs of good memories with them although the memories in my head are not as bright. My photos are not for other people, they are b for me. I do not…