Photographer

CRE 312 Digital Photography Assignment 1# Critical Analysis of Two Photographers By Philip Langlois wolfjpl@gmail.com Date Due: 03/11/15 The history of photography can be traced back to the camera obscura which is a box with a pinhole through which light travels and reflects off a mirror showing the image. The invention of modern photography can trace its roots back to Niepce who took what would be the first photograph in 1827 using a pewter plate. People would improve upon Daguerre’s idea…

intent and painterly effects for real, sharp actual images. The change was due to society thinking the past was outdated a new social and political emergence of the industrial world was reshaping our outlook on life. A group of American Modernist photographers called themselves the F64 club. F64 relating to long exposure times for clear sharp images. They called this style of photography ‘Straight photography’. The group consisted of: • Ansel Adams • Edward Weston • Brett Weston • Imogen…

McCurry is a world-respected photographer who has several masterpieces including his photograph of Sharbat Gula known as “ Afghan Girl” which is the most recognizable photograph in the National Geographic. Although his work is world-renowned there are many critics and controversies over his photographs because of his misuse of Photoshop. Many photographers use Photoshop when editing their photos, but the extent that McCurry used it questions his integrity as a photographer. He did not edit…

Photographs might be truthful, but the descriptions of pictures are not at all reliable’ . Photographs have helped to structure social and cultural understandings of the past, they are considered to be important examples of the past but more specifically to when one wants to gain an understanding of social or cultural history. As photographs reveal more about the time in which it was taken, there are many different types of photographs and they have become increasingly integral to how we live…

in any way. Straight photography encourages experimentation with the limits of the camera itself as opposed to manipulating the image with a brush after it has been printed. In contrast to this, Pictorialism is a style of photography where the photographer manipulates the image in some way so as to move away from the idea of “automated drawing” and turn photography into a ‘hands on’ process like other branches of art. Whilst pictorialism…

In many families, there's usually a specific sports team everyone roots for. Whether it's a college team or a home town team, most families love to purchase the gear and root for their favorite teams together. While there are some families that feud about which team is best to root for, most families choose to be on the same page in terms of which team they'll root for. Once you have a new member of the family, it's always nice to introduce them to the sports culture by getting them their own…

Beirut. Phnom Penh”, and remembering all the bloodshed he has witnessed. “ All flesh is grass” is an effective contrast in the poem between what was happening in the places where the photographer has been and what is happening back home. Then it uses short sentences reinforces the seriousness the photographer views his job-“ He has a job to do.” “Solutions slop in trays beneath his hands, which do not tremble then” which “then’ and “did not” are in past tense, represents the…

This photograph, taken in 1908, is of famous ballerina Tamara Karsavina, and was made by a notable photographer named Baron Adolph de Meyer. This image is an excellent example of modern photography and the technology involved during this rapidly changing and evolving time. Meyer was a Pictorialist photographer who was attempting to elevate photographic portraits to the same level of painted portraits. This is an example of early autochrome photography, which is a very rare, modern revelation,…

Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp’s photo Marcel Duchamp as Rrose Selavy did more than just represent the change occurring in gender roles during the time of its creation in the United States during the 1920s. This photo and the others of Marcel Duchamp as Rrose Selavy influenced many artists including Yasumasa Morimura. Morimura went as far as to make a parody of the famous photo Marcel Duchamp as Rrose Selavy. Morimura’s image was called Doublonnage (Marcel) and was created in 1988 but this is not…

Yousuf Karsh was an Armenian immigrant who went to Canadian and became a professional photographer. Karsh lived from 1908 to 2002 and remains to be one of the most important and influential photographers the world has ever known. Karsh got his start in photography in high school. After arriving in Canada, Karsh was given a simple camera. He took photos in school and one of his friends entered a photo of his into a competition. That picture won and Karsh dedicated his life to photography.…