War photography

History of Photography Although many may know what photography is, they do not know how far it has come from the beginning of its time. Photography, in itself, is one of the fastest growing hobbies in today’s world. Many believed it was “the killer of fine art” (Tolmachev) as it began to develop. The changes of photography and the people who have contributed to its advancement, have played a vital part in bringing it from its humble beginnings to its present day technological astonishment.…

as art, is argued constantly, but the truth is, no one can define an artist as one solid definition. The exact definition of art is considered: a wide variety of possessions and effects a person can show, create or capture. So, when it comes to photography, it shouldn 't be questionable if the photos themselves are art or not. They should be, because of the fact that through an image, painting or photo, the artist is able to capture an emotion and allow the viewers to see and feel the emotions…

What were some of the arguments about the relationship of art to photography? Discuss an image as an examples of at least two of these main arguments. (25%) The first successful photographic process that invented by Daguerre in 1839 received a great welcome from people with replacing painting portraits with its accurate…

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…

countries of the world came together and developed the new art of photography. Scientist discovered this by a sunbeam projecting through a tiny hole in a dark room, the light from the sun would leave a drawing of the object on the surface. Objects are depicted in exact ratio and color but size is diminished in comparison to reality and are seen upside down. After this discovery in the 1700 's it wasn 't until the year 1839 that photography became an official invention. Nowadays people…

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…

into the past and the present. They aren’t just pieces of papers that have no use. They are a snapshot of history. In class we mainly talk about photographers who have something to do with history. We talked about the photographers who took photos of war and tragedy for the most part. The first question we were asked to ponder and discuss was, “How do photographs depicting human pain and suffering differ from paintings or other media depicting similar subject matter?” I had to take some time…

Patt Blue from the International Center of Photography writes, “reality is not a framed and frozen image - it is chaos, loud, dirty, and grossly disorganized” and so we should expect our news photography to properly showcase that. While many aspiring journalists drift over to soft content like music, entertainment and celebrities, there are journalists risking their lives every day reporting from areas plagued by famine and disease, trapped by civil war and inhumane conditions on nation's’…

Susan Sontag was a Journalist, Anti-war Activist and Women’s rights activist (Biography, Occupation). In her essay “In Plato’s cave” she develops several ideas but also contradictions. Sontag emphasizes “it is mainly a social rite, a defense against anxiety, and a tool of power” while she goes further by arguing that when there is a “choice between a photograph and a life, to choose the photograph” (8, 12). The main idea she revolves her essay around is Plato’s cave allegory, which displayed how…

Although camera inventions of the 17th and 18th century established the base of photography, it took another 50 years before the camera became available for everyday consumers. With the invention of modern photographic film technology in 1901 by George Eastman and the first mass-market camera, the Brownie, in 1901, photography became a phenomenon on its own and the vast majority of the population became fascinated by it (Oliver, 2007). Shortly after its…