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    The Truth About Truth

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    Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge (1963)‚ Karl Popper suggests that no scientific theory can be classified as truth.  The only thing that can be done is to attempt to falsify the theory over and over again reject the theory repeatedly in different situations.  Each failed attempt will strengthen the theory and bring it closer to the truth.  Hence‚ Popper claimed that the truth of a hypothesis can never be confirmed. A hypothesis is an “if-then” statement‚ which that is an assumption of causality

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    Photography is only a mechanical process that handles all the work. So how can photography be art?” This might be the argument most people use to prove that photography can not be art. It is not so complex like drawing a beautiful painting and spending hours on that. A photographer just needs to use one button and here we go. But is this really the truth? How do people think about Art and Photography today and how did they before? In this essay i want to compare on main focus two totally different

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    Pinhole Photography

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    PINHOLE PHOTOGRAPHY Also called the Camera Obscura‚ the pinhole camera was originally a pitch dark room in which a hole was made on one side in the wall. This allowed for a small amount of light to come in and expose the photo paper. A pinhole camera is the simplest type of camera. Usually made of cardboard‚ it is a light tight box which consists of a shutter‚ a pinhole‚ and some type of photo paper on the other end of the pinhole. A pinhole is a small hole made in a piece of foil‚ tin‚ or aluminum

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    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

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    Photography and Jeff Wall

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    An Exploration into Truth and Reality within Photographic Practice Adhering to a Realist Aesthetic. In this essay I will explore notions of truth and reality in relation to photography of a realist aesthetic‚ in particular the genres of tableau and documentary. Tableau ’s roots are in early pictorial photography which strove for balanced and harmonious compositions1. Borrowing from classical painterly aesthetics tableau photographs are made for the wall; to be looked at from a distance like

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    Black and white photography can be misunderstood in a modern artistic perspective. This type of photographic depiction is captivating and speaks through the image into the mind where it processes the lack of color by visualizing the depth and contrast vividly. An image that used in colorless photography was seen prior to the 20th century as the normal way to take pictures‚ but now we have color photography. However‚ photographers are still finding that black and white images are important to documentation

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    Contemporary

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    JODHAA AKBAR (Hindi‚ 2008‚ 209 minutes) Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker Produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Ashutosh Gowariker Story: Haidar Ali; screenplay: Haidar Ali and Ashutosh Gowariker; dialogues: K. P. Saxena; lyrics: Javed Akhtar; music: A. R. Rahman; cinematography: Kiiran Deohans; production design: Nitin Chandrakant Desai; costume design: Neeta Lulla Ashutosh Gowariker’s sumptuous tribute to the Mughal Empire at the height of its culturally-syncretic glory unfolds with the leisurely

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    Truth

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    categories. It’s amazing how our own government can lie about such an event(sarcasm). I wrote about this event due to the fact that people still believe we actually did land on the moon when in reality‚ we never did. The truth needs to be out‚ and the government needs to speak the truth‚ but they never will and that’s why I’m speaking it for

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    Contemporary Art

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    FRICK FINE ARTS LIBRARY ART HISTORY: CONTEMPORARY ART Library Guide Series‚ No. 9 “Qui scit ubi scientis sit‚ ille est proximus habenti.” -- Brunetiere* This bibliography is highly selective and is meant only as a starting place to aid the beginning art history student in his/her search for library material. The list does not include materials on individual artists. The serious student will find other relevant sources by noting citations within the encyclopedias‚ books‚ journal articles‚ and

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    OF COMPUTER IN PHOTOGRAPHY (DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY) A SEMINAR PAPER PRESENTED BY ADEWOYE UMARFARUK ADEWOLE MAT NO: 09/58199 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE THE FEDERAL POLYTHECHNIC P.M.B 55‚ BIDA NIGER STATE FEBRUARY‚ 2012 1    ABSTRACT Over the years the application of computers in photography was not exploited‚ and photography has encountered great challenges and limitations. Therefore‚ this presentation deals with the effects of application of computers in photography‚ the limitless functionalities

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