to have been manipulated: one missile had been cloned and appeared twice‚ evidently to conceal the fact that another had failed to lift off (see original image‚ below). Governments have long doctored photos for political reasons. In Nazi Germany and Communist Russia‚ senior figures who fell from favour were commonly airbrushed
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that being‚ images were in fact being carefully constructed by photographers to suit particular motives or means. It wasn’t until the rise of digital recording and manipulation techniques in the late 20th century when analogue photography’s traditional claims to truthful documentary representation were called into question. The rapid adoption of digital technologies in photography since the 1990s has led to a greater erosion of the public trust in the truth of the photographic image […] as well as
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Edward Burtynsky was born in 1955 in St. Catharine’s‚ Ontario‚ and a graduate from Ryerson University holding a Bachelor of Applied Arts and studied Graphic Art at Niagara College in Welland. His photographic art interests stem from the sites and images of the General Motors plant in his hometown and he inspiration holds a link between industry and nature. Edward Burtynsky states “nature transformed through industry is a predominant theme in my work. I set course to interact with a contemporary view
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stating that “photography was still perceived primarily as an instrument of social reality‚ able to represent the way things really were in the world.” As technologies changed‚ so did cameras and photographers were able to produce more realistic images for magazines and newspapers. Because photographs were able to uncover the so-called ‘truth’‚ when it became known that many historical photographs were fakes and had actually been manipulated to look a certain way‚ this caused uproar
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and modern day publicity. The book not only explores how visual culture came to dominate society but also how ideologies are created and transmitted via images. There are things people cannot describe in words but that images can illustrate. Images have the power to mystify the viewers‚ which means viewers can only interpret the meaning of the image not knowing the true meaning behind artist’s message. In the beginning of the book‚ he mentions contrary perspectives on art in the past and present and
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Liberty Leading the People “Every image embodies a way of seeing‚ our perception or appreciation of an image depends also upon our own way of seeing” (Berger 142). In other words‚ Berger is saying if ten people look at the same piece of art each interpretation is going to be just as unique and different as the person looking at it. Based on one’s knowledge of the artist‚ time period‚ and the painting itself gives a whole different perspective than someone who doesn’t know any of the history. Also
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Section 1 – Identification and Evaluation of Sources This investigation will answer the question‚ “How did photography and images of the Great Depression impact effect how society viewed the Depression era?” This investigation is important because it provided insight into how American society was shaped by the art of photography during the era. The Great Depression was an intense time period‚ and understanding the effect to which photography changed the civic view can help further understanding
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“pre-visualization.” It is the process by which a photographer constructs a final version of an image in their mind. This complete and processed mental print is developed BEFORE they ever press the shutter button. Pre-visualization might sound a little odd at first but it can do so much to improve your photography. When you begin to pre-visualize you will become a more expressive photographer. Your images will develop a style more unique to your own creativeness. You will also become a much more efficient
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Martin Parr 38104495800Over the years many photographers have documented the places where they live. Few have stood out from the rest by capturing the country‚ and the things that make that country unique making us question the society we live in‚ laugh at it‚ and remember the reasons we love it all at once. Martin Parr is a British photojournalist. He documented Britain and the British in a way that made us laugh at ourselves‚ and remember all the things that make us love the country we come from
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remote antiquity with the discovery of the principle of the camera obscure and the observation that some substances are visibly altered by exposure to light. As far as is known‚ nobody thought of bringing these two phenomena together to capture camera images in permanent form until around 1800‚ when Thomas Wedgwood made the first reliably documented although unsuccessful attempt. In the mid-1820s‚ Nicéphore Niépce succeeded‚ but several days of exposure in the camera were required and the earliest results
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