Science of photography

Myra Collier Photography 1 Schroder 25 April 2018 Annie Leibovitz Photographer Annie Leibovitz was a streetwork photographer along with a portrait photographer. She was born on October 2, 1949 in Waterbur Conneticut. She is currenty 69 years old and she is world famous. Her great grand-parents were immigrants from Europe. Leibovitz is the 3rd of six children. She took her first pictures when stationed in the Philippines during the Vietnam war. While in high school she became interested in art…

The image, Untitled Film Still #21, was captured by Cindy Sherman in 1978. This is just one photograph in a 69 photograph series called Untitled Film Stills. To make the pictures, Sherman posed in all of the roles or, more precisely, played all of the actresses playing all of the roles. In other words, the series is a fiction about a fiction, a deft encapsulation of the image of feminity that, through the movies, took hold of the collective imagination in postwar America—the period of Sherman's…

29-January-2016 Photography Period 1 Sears Photography Essay Photography is the art or practice of creating beautiful photographs using the skills and knowledge you contain. Taking photos may seem like a very simplistic thing to do but when you look further into it you will see how much work and dedication goes into it. There are many jobs you can apply and succeed in for the field of photography so let’s discuss some of those options. The first job in the field of photography is a…

Sally Mann’s forte in photography is capturing disturbing and unsettling scenes of her family and others. She excels in morbid and death influenced images. For she has many photomontages of deep contrast B&W photos, such as “At Twelve, Sally Mann.” This collage represents sharp blankness in each of her subjects. Mann focuses on these gloomy B&W photos because she appreciates the fine art aspect to photography. In the selection “Southern Landscapes, Sally Mann,” she portrays grunge/lowlight…

of the Photographic Image, Andre Bazin argues that the ontology of photographic image creates an ideal world with its time after the death. An old photography from Jonathan’s grandfather carries out a long history of a family secret. Therefore, Photography is not a visual art only; the presentation of the image of Jonathan’s grandfather and…

As a degreed artist, Williams realized that to convey the messages of things that were “right and true,” her camera alone was not always able to adequately capture information that extended beyond the documentary photochemical capabilities of photography. Concerned about the loss of connection between the camera and the information that lay beyond the captured image and surface impressions, Williams experimented with opening the messages of documented historical moments through skewed…

In today's society, photography has become an art and vocation for many people. With the advancement in technology and the invention of several social media platforms, like Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter where individuals can upload photographs, photography has become a commonly used item in the world. It enables one to create visual representations of events that have occurred or to showcase a story through art. Photographers work with a wide range of types of photography that require…

In “The Blue Marble” composed by Gregory Petsko, the writing focuses on images that were captured by accident and how these images later on became iconic. These iconic images are moments in time that impact and shape the culture and society of which we live in. There moments in your own personal life that shape and define who you are as a person and who you will be in the future. You may not realize just how impactful they were until you look back on them, just how the images that turned out to…

Photography is the science, art, application and practice of creating images by recording light or by other electromagnetic pulses. It can be done electronically by means of an image sensor. It can also be done chemically a light sensitive material like photographic film. Photography was a form of art that expanded and evolved between the 1840’s and the earl 19th centuries. Jacob Riis, and Dorothea Lange where two photographers that played a vital part in the evolution of photography at this…

Throughout time, people have always marveled at the ability to be able to preserve a moment for all eternity whether it be scrawling it down, painting a portrait or taking photographs. Photography is a very integral part of our lives today with how it's evolving and how everyone and their mother are recording virtually anything of interest. Newer tools like iphone cameras and phone applications that allow you to edit and mess around with photos are one of the things that never would have been…