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Argumentative Essay of Shadow Catcher In the foreword to Sacred Legacy: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian, Pulitzer Prize winning Native American author N. Scott Momaday posits 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…

All photographs share similar qualities in everyday basis, but not all of these pictures have the same aspects or characteristics that help distinguish each picture formerly or expressively. It’s more than just a point and shoot action because there’s a hidden attribute in all photographs that makes compositions stand out to the viewer so individuals can generate an idea and connect with the picture. They can have repeated geometric shapes that take social forms and used for different…

This exposes the dominant discourse how the Palestinians see themselves and how they are unable to place themselves definitely within society. The photographs in the “States” were misinterpreted. With the Palestinians identity is really all they have, but it is lost. So, they think they don’t have anything to live for. The Palestinians don’t realize everyone lives for a reason. One day, they’ll be on…

Rule of thirds is also known as a rule of thumb. It is basically a guideline or rather a pathway which is applied in the process of composing visual images for example films, designs, paintings as well as photographs. In deed it can be applied to any subject to improve the composition as well as the balance of your images. This composition technique is very fundamental as it can be used in all types of photography in order to yield images which are better balanced and more engaging. The rule of…

Chris Burkard, Outdoor and sports photographer: Chris Burkard became known for his epic surfing photo’s at age 19, where he worked in his hometown of California. Living in his car he would photograph surfers during the day and try and make a sale on the beach to the athletes that same afternoon. Chris is 31 years of age and a creative entrepreneur, he worked as an intern during 2006 for surfing magazines and he got educated on the workings of editorial publication. The outdoors was…

In my everyday life, I’m bombarded by television, movies, commercials, billboards and especially magazines with images that are fake. With the creation of programs like Photoshop, it is now easier than ever before to alter photographs. Go to any grocery store and the woman peering out from the pages of each and every magazine, appear with flawless features, only made possible by careful editing. They are manipulated to look tan, skinny, without cellulite and of course with no…

In most cases people would assume that a portrait is nothing more than a face. However, Annie Leibovitz often includes more information in the photograph. Some of her portraits give insights into the celebrity’s life while others do not. The formal and posed, portraits often remind us of a person’s well-known character, while the informal portraits rely on other information like environments in order to portray the person’s personality or lifestyle. In the same aspect, some of the portraits also…

In 1839 a French physician and cytologist Alfred François Donné created the first photomigraph; a photograph of a microscopic object taken with a microscope, which was the first application of photography to medicine. Discoveries like this led to where we are now with using photography in medicine. Today, utilizing photography to share images with doctors…

Throughout the semester we’ve been talking about art. For my project I wanted to do something I love, so I have a photograph of a water balloon popping. Photography is a way of art because it can capture people, objects, scenes, etc, in a photograph. One photograph can say a lot about something. As for my photo, it does not have a universal message but it says something about how I like to see things. I like to capture objects that someone wouldn 't usually see by just looking with their eyes,…

photography. One of the most striking statements he made was the fact that photography has made impacts on modern artists. Not only has it affected fellow photographers, but also painters, sculptors, and even writers. Being able to look at actual still photographs long after the moment it was taken has completely changed the way most people look at the world around them. Photographers are considered artists not only because they are able to capture those few seconds, but the way they frame the…