Photography

Photography captures and preserves the significant and insignificant moments in life enabling mankind to broaden its understanding in a world where man regularly interacts with one another thousands of miles across an ocean. Nothing, however, can replicate the unfiltered, first-hand experience one undergoes, yet many forms of art, including photography, are conduits through which man may attempt to share such an experience. Each medium of art, consequently, is subject to the natural biases with…

Some may argue that photography is the single most important thing ever invented. It shows our past, it is proof that we exist, so that way when we pass on there will be something to remember us by. Photography is a way to look back on our life and to see what we have made of it. “Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.” -Dorothea Lange. PHOTOGRAPHY WAS FIRST USED AS A TOOL TO AID WITH ART, AND OVER THE YEARS NEW INVENTIONS HAVE MADE PHOTOGRAPHY INTO ITS VERY…

When talking about the rhetorical aspect of images, people are usually unaware of the potential power that a photograph has to convince someone. However, images such as those of veterans meeting their relatives in tears use emotional appeal to convince their viewers so those viewers are far more likely to agree with the message behind the photo. What makes those images so powerful? And why does it matter that those images have such power? While photographs may seem harmless, it can be used to…

Violent images serve as learning experiences for the curious. The intention to not learn from a horrific event shows no reason to publish these types of events. Reasoning out the fact the public seek to find the truth about a horrific story . As time passes, the world changes in positive and negative ways . The population will use events as positive influences as well as a negative . Graphic photos should be shown unless used for the wrong intentions. The only appropriate time to show shocking…

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 with civil war photography.…

Institute of Technology in 1957 where he received his B.F.A degree. In addition, Uelsmann earned his M.S. as well as an M.F.A. from Indiana University in 1960. Aside from creating his own artwork, Uelsmann taught photography at the University of Florida Gainesville. In addition to teaching photography, he was a graduate research professor of art and is now retired. Jerry Uelsmann has received two fellowships, one a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1967 and the other a National Endowment for the Arts…

Romanticism According to the article titled “Romanticism and Its Relation to Landscape Photography & Painting”, romanticism was an art form that rejected classicalism and focused on nature, imagination and emotion (1) . Therefore, this started a new way of thinking and created a new type of art. It crossed between music, painting, photography and many other art forms. Landscape photography was popular at this time, therefore, romantic landscapes were common. The landscapes focused on the beauty…

Documentary and War Photography “Is it in the interest of purity that society should hang its morally stained linens upon its lines to be stared at?” Jacob Riis, a documentary photographer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries asked this very question in an effort to stir the thoughts of documentary photographers around the world, as well as their audiences. Documentary photography can be defined as a type of photography that documents historically relevant events and scenes as well as…

Photography If all searched for the perfect career, the question would be, does it exist? The term "perfect" itself is misleading, as nothing can be truly flawless, especially in societies critical point of view. However, there is a career which has incredibly many possibilities, the only limit is imagination. Notably, photography has captured the creative minds of geniuses for ages, practically since the first camera was invented, and it requires a certain character, someone who is courageous…

Scientific Photographer Research Paper The job that I chose was Scientific Photography. According to “Student Scholarships” (2016) a scientific photographer’s average day at work would be working with other photographers by being assigned to go somewhere to take pictures, or at a clinical trial taking pictures of findings. They could also go to big well known cities to take pictures of people in a natural state while using different kinds of imaging methods to make the pictures look…