Science of photography

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, which was the first effective and popular form of colour photography. Because of the rarity of autochromes, this image is…

prefer to ignore.” (sontag, 7) As said in this quote photographers are there to make real matters seem real to the privileged people who are home safe complaining about the war that they know nothing about. Photography plays a very important role in our lives even if nobody realizes it. Photography is in our everyday lives. “Not to be pained by these pictures, not to recoil from them, not to strive to abolish what causes this havoc, this carnage--these, for Woolf, would be the reactions of a…

argue that photos need to be conceptualised as material objects, three-dimensional objects. Photographs taken within the private setting often have intangible linkages like affection and memories associated with them. Throughout the history of photography, images have been printed and used in various ways. They have been printed on postcards (1800) and exchanged, cherished in photo-albums (1950-90), placed prominently on a wall, and in recent times - on mobile phone covers, screen savers on…

for the Camera – Bukubuku (Bubbling) Performing for the Camera encapsulates the creative minds that began building the relationship between photography and performance while highlighting the eras of performance and photography that were most affected by technological advances and global movements. This exhibit encompasses far more than the growth of photography as it relates to performance, it spans decades, cultures, planned performances, improvisation, politics, and identity. The piece that…

Photography had been around for more than a century and has drastically changed throughout the years. It used to take a ton of heavy equipment in order to take a decent photo. Not only would it take lots of work, but also lots of patients to wait for the photo to develop so that the person can see the image. Now it only takes a smartphone to take a good quality photo and it is not as complicated as it was years ago. Photography was mainly used to record memories and was not for social use. The…

The invention of photography has direct correlations to the notions of documentary. Historically, a photograph represented the means to preserve a snapshot of the world as accurately as possible. This suggests something in opposition to art, the photographer is not portraying his or her vision of the world, in so far as expressionist painters of the time would be. Instead, they are merely capturing and collating information, as a historian would. Slowly it can be seen that these notions began to…

Photography can be monotonous taking pictures of the same thing. Reading Module three is interesting since photography had to go against a lot of norms. Artist did not see art in a form of photography but Alfred Stieglitz disagreed. Stieglitz and others photographers changed how society viewed photography. There was a particular photographer who decided to take a different approach. Edward Curtis he documented several of Indian tribes. He enjoyed his work experiencing the life of a unique…

morally inadequate or morally stable. The common misconception of war photography is that people believe the purpose is to notify the viewers of the physical damage and trauma with the end goal of people making a change to help. However, the real end goal of war photography is not to change the global situation. When we confront these vulgar photos, we are required to see it and we begin to contemplate of what we can do. War photography reaches out to us personally as viewers. People are drawn…

Photographing During this activity I learned new programs to use when taking pictures and how to take different kind of pictures with different settings. I learned how to take different pictures with the use of different programs in the camera. I had taken pictures before this activity, but the use of different programs in the camera weren’t that familiar for me and learning to use them allowed me to take better pictures. To learn how to use different camera programs I read instructions on the…

Art in My Everyday Life On a daily basis, I pay close attention to the colors, prints, and photographs of the places I go to, and things I see. I love to organize and decorate things which I learn by observing new things and methods to do so. Photography is one of the things that I am more interested in. Sometimes I take the time to decor my room since I consider it my safe place. I wish I could do more but I am a very busy student who works 6 days a week. I live away from my family so the main…