Photography In The Civil War
Photography in the Civil War
Although the civil war was a very gruesome war killing 600,000 people, looking back on history without photography it could not have been a modern war (Brooks). Throughout the civil war photography was a very big part of making the civil war a modern war. Also photography made the civil war a modern war because of the Job photographers had to do, people and companies, and the effects photography had on the war.
Since photography was so important in the War, people worked very hard to try and figure out how to use the camera. Photography was only invented 20 years before the war in france, and only was there for 4 years in the United States (Nordo 13). Throughout the early years photography was marked as revolutionary,but the process of taking a photo was very long and complicated …show more content…
Step one is place a wet plate holder, connect the camera, remove the cover, aim, and then wait 15-20 seconds (Nordo 12). After capturing the photo a photographer used negative science and then used a base of egg whites mixed with chloride coated paper to dip the photo onto it (Nordo 14). This process took place in darkrooms; Staying in the dark room for hours upon hours, many photographers were breathing in chemicals all day (Nordo 13). Also in the summer the dark rooms got very hot, so the photographers didn't get much work done; going in and out of the hot room all of the time (Nordo 12). After printing out the photo a lot of photographers did many manipulations and explained to many people the essentials needed. After photography was introduced to everyone, people began to do something a lot like photoshop now a
Although the civil war was a very gruesome war killing 600,000 people, looking back on history without photography it could not have been a modern war (Brooks). Throughout the civil war photography was a very big part of making the civil war a modern war. Also photography made the civil war a modern war because of the Job photographers had to do, people and companies, and the effects photography had on the war.
Since photography was so important in the War, people worked very hard to try and figure out how to use the camera. Photography was only invented 20 years before the war in france, and only was there for 4 years in the United States (Nordo 13). Throughout the early years photography was marked as revolutionary,but the process of taking a photo was very long and complicated …show more content…
Step one is place a wet plate holder, connect the camera, remove the cover, aim, and then wait 15-20 seconds (Nordo 12). After capturing the photo a photographer used negative science and then used a base of egg whites mixed with chloride coated paper to dip the photo onto it (Nordo 14). This process took place in darkrooms; Staying in the dark room for hours upon hours, many photographers were breathing in chemicals all day (Nordo 13). Also in the summer the dark rooms got very hot, so the photographers didn't get much work done; going in and out of the hot room all of the time (Nordo 12). After printing out the photo a lot of photographers did many manipulations and explained to many people the essentials needed. After photography was introduced to everyone, people began to do something a lot like photoshop now a