“Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.” – Berenice Abbott A photograph displays more to the human eye than expected; on “looking” at photographs we are captivated in an artistic narrative formed – it’s said that we are engaged in personal creation that is not provided with given endings, reflections are modified, something’s are altered, memories are re-defined, and “new” memories and expectations develop. With this being said,…
how the war was represented through the use of photography as well as, how war photography affects people. These war photographs produced feelings of devastation, and desire and it exposes a partial truth…
I believe that the way in which a poem leaves you feeling should be represented by light in a photograph. “They perished in the Seamless Grass-/ No eye could find the place-/ But God can summon every face/ On his Repealless- List” (6-9). The last stanza gives a feeling of hope. As these soldiers lay on the floor, they are not remember by anyone,…
equipment. One of the most important thing to do a portrait photography is the equipment. There are various types of photography equipment that invented for different purpose. Firstly, Portrait photography requires equipment that capable of capturing photograph which is called a camera. There are several types of camera that had been invented for different purpose. Each type has different quality, control, ability to capture light, dynamic range, etc. As an illustration, Astrophotography…
Sally Mann was raised with her families twelve boxer dogs and has been taking photographs of the Virginia south, where she is from, for years. She was born in 1951 and has been taking photos since she was a teenager. Her work is beautiful, she photographs everything and has published ten photo series books and one memoir of her life and family history, according to her website. Her first book At Twelve: Portraits of Young Women has thirty-six photos, some with descriptions or stories, of…
Abstract Crime Scene photography is one of the most important aspects of documenting crimes scenes and evidence. Photographs are often used as courtroom exhibits to support witnesses’ testimony and to prove or disapprove issues or theories before the court. Because of their value as court exhibits, the crime scene photographer’s goal should be to take photographs that meet the requirements for admissibility. It is possible to reconstruct a crime scene by analyzing the location and appearance of…
post-production digital tools, have in creating value to the captured subject. The three photographers go about this common end goal in various ways. Lucas Blalock, born 1978 in Asheville, North Carolina, likes to point out the falseness of the physical photograph by making liberal and deliberately crude…
technology photography has captured us from every aspect of life. (T. Bentley, 2009) From retaining memories to exploring landscapes as well as in the medical and promotional industry; everywhere we look has got a direct or derived touch of photography. Photograph is not just capturing single moment; rather it is about the image of essence of a subject i.e. product, place, personalities and people. The consistently…
“I didn’t think the photograph of the girl would be different from anything else I shot that day,” recounts Steve McCurry, who felt that this image was sub-par to the rest of his photographs when he visited the refugee camp in 1984. It’s accurate to state that if it weren't for the image being put out the cover of such a popular magazine, then the public…
photographers that was at the forefront of this revolution. In discussing the emergence and development of Trager as one of the most accomplished and acknowledged photographers of the twentieth century, this paper focuses on his photograph: Michiyo and Dancers (1988). The choice of the photograph is influenced by the clarity and high definition it embodies, and its representativeness of his human-subject photos that show the subjects as being in a continuous motion.…