War photography

SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia. (SCAD) Jonathan Becker for photography was sparked young. During the artist talk Becker discussed his first commissioned piece coming into fruition…

The movement of photography has been constantly growing and expanding throughout the centuries. With the increase in popularity for this new media came various expansions and technological advancements. Photography led to advancements in the camera as well as advancements in the methodology of taking a photograph. These advancements did not happen suddenly; the technology and advancements in photography we have today is the product of many centuries of work through a collective effort from many…

difficult for the public to communicate through only one form of media. The four media groups, photography, cinema, television, and digital media, individually cover the six aspects of media, which are connectedness/accessibility, mobility/portability, public privateness, private publicness, personalization, and last but not least, interactivity. In this essay, we will be focusing on interactivity within photography, cinema, television, and digital media. When the camera was first invented,…

In the nineteenth century, Paris became the epitome of the modern city, at least in the eyes of its upper class bourgeois elite and the tourists who visited the modern marvel. This “modern vision” of Paris was developed by people willing to look at and into their surroundings and themselves critically. In fact, it is those people looking at themselves and others in a critical sense and being conscious of the effect their way of seeing the world can have on others that drove who Parisian…

Cityscapes Over Time Cityscape photography has not been a stagnant process, but a dynamic art that has grown and morphed over time. There have been changes in both the technical details of taking such photos, and in the intents of the products. After the invention of photography in 1839, drastic changes in the approaches and techniques of cityscape photographers occurred multiple times and for a plethora of reasons. Not only did the process of taking photos become easier, but the whole purpose…

Cameras and photography has made a huge impact in our society for hundreds of years. But without a camera, there can be no photo. The first camera was called the pinhole camera, also known as the camera obscura. The idea of this camera was invented back in the 5th century BCE. It wasn’t your typical camera like the ones we have today but it’s the best concept they had to build and improve to make a structure like the ones we have today. The pinhole camera was made out of a box with a small hole…

Graflex series D camera. Both of these cameras are similar in type, but they are different in time period. In the process of explaining the key components of each camera, I will discuss what a SLR camera is, and I will also discuss the shift in photography in the 1930’s. The most popular type of general-purpose cameras for professionals is the single lens reflex camera (SLR). While they are the most popular camera for general purpose use, Single lens reflex cameras’ are the most complex than…

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…

the First Opium War (1840–42), Western photographers visited China for the first time, accompanying Western military personnel, missionaries, and consular officials. The earliest recorded photographic activity in China by Western photographers was in July 1842, only three years after the invention of the medium. Dr. Richard Woosnam (1815–1888) and Major George Alexander Malcolm (1810–1888) made daguerreotypes at Yangtze (Yangzi) River during the final stages of the First Opium War. In 1842,…

Photography has been a game changer in our society and no one can deny that. A certain photograph can change a person’s stance on an issue in an instance. Capturing a moment can pull a person’s heart strings in any direction. However, is taking a picture always appropriate or are there times and places where its better to just put the camera down? These moral questions sometimes all come down to the individual’s discernment as they evaluate the worth of getting the shot versus the…