“I really believe there are things which nobody would see unless I photographed them.” Diane Arbus 1923–1971 ART DIRECTOR, EDUCATOR , PHOTOGRAPHER
Prepared by Danielle Oser, APR
The man who coined the word "photography" was John Herschel.
“The Migrant Mother,” a stunning portrait of a migrant worker and her children during the Great Depression
Taken by Dorothea Lange
• Dorothea Lange
After working for the FSA, Dorothea Lange went on to work for Life magazine.
The photographer for "The Migrant Mother" photograph used stage managing which is a technique that would be considered unethical today.
32-years old Nipomo, CA Camp
Is Thompson worried about the future, or wishing Lange would leave?
John Steinbeck was inspired to write The Grapes of Wrath after seeing Dorothea Lange’s photograph of the “Migrant Mother.”
http://www.operationphotorescue.org/
Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham is considered the founder of modern optics.
Nine Main Photographic Processes
Photographs made using the heliography process required an exposure time of about eight hours. The photographic process that only produced one lasting example in its entire history was the heliograph. Joseph Niépce is considered the founder of photography
The First Photograph, C. 1826
Positive, one-of-a-kind portraits are called daguerreotypes
William Henry Fox Talbot developed the calotype process which is the foundation for modern photography.
First book with photographs included
The photographic process that required photographers to coat a glass plate with light-sensitive emulsion in the dark, load and take the picture, and then immediately develop the image was wet collodion.
Matthew Brady Photograph Of Lincoln
The Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell invented a color slide process
Gelatin-bromide And Richard Maddox
The photographic process that sparked amateur photography and motion pictures was gelatin bromide
Holography was developed by Dennis Gabor to improve the sharpness of views obtained with an electron microscope.
Instant And Edwin Land
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Digital
The charge-coupled device (CCD) is used to convert electronic analog signals into digital values.
Technical Perspective
Professional photographers often prefer fixed-focal lenses over zoom lenses
Wide Angle
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Wide Angle
Telephoto
The distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image.
Small Lens Opening (Aperture)
Large Lens Opening
Fast Shutter Speed
Slow Shutter Speed
Available Light
Photographing a f lower without using a f lash uses the available lighting technique.
Electronic Flash
Proper Exposure
Image Quality A picture is considered properly exposed if it shows detail in the shadow and light areas
High Dynamic Range Imaging (Hdr)
Ethical Perspective
Victims Of Violence
Nick Ut
“Napalm” by Banksy
John Filo
Generally speaking, celebrities have fewer rights to privacy than ordinary citizens
Hippolyte Bayard 1st Manipulated Photo in the history of the medium
Retouching the photograph of O. J. Simpson's police mug shot to make him look more threatening is an example of manipulation.
http://museumof hoaxes.com/hoax/photo_database/image/british_soldier_in_basra/
During the early 1980s, many magazines and newspapers began to use digital imaging devices to manipulate photographs. One of the earliest high-profile instances of digital photo alteration appeared on the February 1982 cover of National Geographic (top), which showed a camel train walking in front of the Pyramids of Giza. Readers weren't informed that the pyramids had been moved slightly closer together, in order to fit the vertical format of the cover. No one might have noticed if the photographer, Gordon Gahan, hadn't complained. It then became a source of major controversy. Sheila Reaves, a journalism professor at the University of Wisconsin has speculated that, "The enormity of moving such a large object brought home to people that you can move a shoulder or a smile." Less remarked upon was that the photo was also staged. The camel train had walked by while Gahan was setting up his equipment. He paid them to walk by again. Bottom: another shot of the pyramids from the same photo shoot by Gahan. In this photo, the pyramids haven't been moved.
http://museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/photo_database/image/the_case_of_the_moving_pyramids/
Cultural Perspective
Portraitist
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Annie Leibovitz
Jacob Riis
Lewis Hine
Mary Ellen Mark
Mary Ellen Mark
Greg Constantine
Trends to Watch
Still Images Used In Polling
Critical Perspective
Images Persuade And Educate
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