An Investigation of the History of Photography and Early Cinema Before 20th Century Media History Course Supervised by Dr. Jonathan Stubbs Prepared by Niwar A. Obaid December 2‚ 2013 Introduction Ever since 1839 photography has become an essential means of communication and expression. In its early years‚ photography ’s unique powers of visual description have been used to record‚ report‚ and inform. As stated by Beaumont Newhall (1982: 7)‚ photography "is at once a science and
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Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania; however it is being auctioned on November 14th at Christie’s in New York. It is rather large at 80 by 61 inches. To be able to see the entirety of the painting‚ one must stand back several feet. The image that appears twelve times in the painting is the Statue of Liberty facing forward from her legs up. One can see most of the statue‚ including the torch‚ and the horizon behind her. The painting is composed mostly of a cool blue. In addition to the
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OCR ICT National- Unit 4- Initial Product Ideas Contents Topic/ Specific Subject Area 2 The purpose of the product 2 Intended Audience 2 Possible Sections 2 Multimedia elements 3 Photos/ Images 3 Sound 3 Video 3 Main Topic and Key Features 3 Introduction 3 How cameras have changed 3 Data storage 3 Lenses 4 Editing pictures 4 Different types of cameras 4 Techniques on how to take a picture 4 The quiz 4 Conditions/ scenarios in which the product will be used and
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predominantly from various media sources‚ Demand tried to reprivatise an image of the world and the meaning of the world with very straightforward means. First Demand begins with an image‚ often discovered in mass media sources and frequently dealing with traumatic or politically important events or strained from personal memories. He then builds or creates a life-size and three-dimensional in door scene which is a replica of the image. He normally does this using cardboard and coloured paper but has used
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You are looking at Chuck Close. Close is a post-modern‚ American artist who exhibited during the 1970s. Technically‚ you are looking at Big Self Portrait (1968) a painted self-portrait of the artist. The original version of the picture measures just less than nine square metres‚ and in it Close’s eyelashes and pores are individually visible. Close worked in a technique that came to be known as photorealism’‚ in which artists produced astoundingly life-like paintings‚ that presented reality’ as
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Jordan Ferris "While photographs may not lie‚ liars may photograph". This line‚ stated by Lewis Hine‚ a famous photographer from the late 19th to mid 20th century‚ is starting to become a phrase that really has some meaning (McClymer‚ 2011). It was once thought that a photograph told the complete truth. However‚ in more recent times with the technology of the camera‚ photographers now have the option to not only stage pictures‚ but to also go back and retouch them once they are already taken.
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captured for this project were shot on the standard lens‚ with a variety of settings. I also often use a mini LED light with a daylight filter in order to create more depth in the shadows in my images‚ I usually place this somewhere away from the camera in order to create angled shadows instead of images being frontlit. To start this project‚ I experimented with different ways of showing separation via photography. I found this quite difficult‚ as I found that separation is a word which connotes
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What is truth in photography? Answer this question with reference to two photographers studied in this subject. What is truth in photography? Common sense suggests to us that there is a found link between photographic images and truth‚ this topic has been constantly debated over the last several decades and whilst photography has the potential to tell the truth‚ photographs can also be seen as a distortion of what is real and logical; and with the advent of Photoshop as well as other digital manipulation
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was first discovered in the early 19th century and although its origins are difficult to trace‚ it can generally be said that Joseph Nicephore Niepce of France was the inventor of the camera and the photographic process. Niepce began photographing images as early as the year 1826‚ but his pictures were not very sharp or focused (Cameron 36). Another pioneer of photography was William Henry Fox Talbot‚ an Englishman who took many early photographs (Sandler 4). However‚ the first person to take credit
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many different reasons such as advertisement‚ keeping memories‚ scientific research and of course for some of the darker sides of photography. In this paper it will be discussing about the origin of photography. Then‚ it will explain how altering an image can change a person’s memories. Finally it will inform the reader on how photography is an essential part of society today. The overall history of the camera is important‚ along with the people who made it all possible; photography is also incredibly
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