2. Art and Photography:
Compare and contrast the early attempts to justify photography as an art form (e.g. Le Gray, Reijlander, Robinson, Emerson, Cameron and other pictorialists). What forces were against the perception of photography as a fine art and how did photographers work to overcome this?
Compare and Contrast: The Artists of Photography Photography has instilled its roots as a form of art in mid 19th century. Photographers and art were on a challenging race, resulted into building the photography as the new art phenomenon in that period. Due to both simple techniques and marvelous skills in that era, photographers from all over the world were competing on inspiring the world with this new art form. Each photo artist had a special
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Davison promoted a theory of impressionistic photography, where he used a pin hall camera instead of a lens, and that resulted in producing a wide angle photo and soft focused effect. Pictorialists are somehow similar in a way, but they contradict in different way. They believed photography has its unique character as an art form. Dramatic pictorialists like William Henry Fox Talbot (1800 – 1877), the British calotype inventor, created figures that are emerging from a series of brush strokes, which was strange and radical to the medium. It was called gum bichromate printing, using Arabic gum and pigment rather than silver for creating the density, and brush strokes were added when processing. In another part of the world, pictorialist esthetics was admired and practiced by a significant figure in the history of photography was the American artist named Albert Stieglitz (1864 - 1946), who was an amateur artist, and a photographer who started a gallery in New York city. Stieglits also wrote a journal called Camera Work featuring the works of other pictorialists in his era. All these movements made a great impact to engrave photography as a new form in the history of fine arts. Similarly, the method of using brush strokes effect was used by the American-born photographer Frank Eugene (1865 – 1936) but in a different style of photos. He was specialized in producing nude theatrical portraits, mostly female nudes. On the other hand, there were photographers doing some stage reenacted scenes such as Fred Holland Day (1864 - 1933) who's work was considered provocative and controversial and too disturbing to public to accept. In contrast with Eugene, Holland day used to include male nude sensual photographs to his
During Vincent Van Gogh’s childhood years, and even before he was born, impressionism was the most common form of art. Impressionism was a very limiting type of art, with certain colors and scenes one must paint with. A few artists had grown tired of impressionism, however, and wanted to create their own genre of art. These artists, including Paul Gaugin, Vincent Van Gogh, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Paul Cezanne, hoped to better express themselves by painting ...
Johnson, Brooks. Photography Speaks: 150 Photographers on their Art.” New York: Aperture Foundation Inc., 2004. Print.
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Georges Seurat was a French born artist born on December 2nd 1859 in Paris, Frrance. He study at École des Beaux-Art, which was one of the most prestige art schools in the world, which is also known for training many of the renounced artist we know. George Seurat left the École des Beaux-Art and began to work on his own; he began to visit impressionist exhibitions, where he gained inspiration from the impressionist painters, such as Claude Monet. Seurat also was interested in the science of art; he explored perception, color theory and the psychological effect of line and form. Seurat experimented with all the ideas he had gained, he felt the need to go beyond the impressionist style, he started to focus on the permanence of paintin...
The media object selected for analysis is the Daguerreotype. Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre (1787-1851), a Romantic painter and printmaker, had introduced the Daguerreotype on 7th January 1839 and would forever change the perspectives of the visual experience through photography (Daniel, 2004). Ever since the advent of the Daguerreotype, people were able to view a detailed imprinting of a certain visual frame on a treated sheet of copper (which today is called the film) (Daniel, 2004).
Pictorialism was popular in its time with its fine art photography, due to the end result of soft and
However, it was not long before photography was slated badly by many. Artists regarded photographs as mere regurgitations and made clear that ‘…imagination, rather than imitation is required of art. ’[1] On the contrary it has been said that photography was a new means of pursuing the ends of painting.[2]
Emily Galvin Photo history Essay November 4, 2015 There is a closely knitted relationship between rise of American modernism and photography classified as fine art. These two movements were conceived around the same time, and began to be introduced and intertwined within each other, into the web of ‘what is art’. While there was the rapid quest to push American Modernism throughout New York city, Alfred Stieglitz’s had a vision of pushing photography as a medium of expression.
In Roger Scruton's essay, "Why Photography Is Not Art", an effort is made to question photography as a genuine art form. Roger spends much of his essay arguing that photography is merely a weak imitation of an object, rather than a carefully crafted depiction of a subject with its own aesthetic properties. Due to the rapid rise of photography all around the globe, his viewpoints are highly controversial. It is important for us to study both sides of the argument, because photography is so important in capturing world history. Photography is a rather new concept, yet its importance is paramount in seeing how others live. Photos allow us to see and capture a specific moment in time, just like a wide array of already accepted art forms. I find it truly interesting that Roger challenges photography as art. I am certainly not a photographer, but I never knew some people challenged photography's artistic merit. I will argue today that Roger Scruton is wrong in his belief that photography has merely a "casual and not intentional" relationship with its subject (Scruton, 89). In essence, photographs lack true depiction. I will also argue that the majority of photographs due indeed, have their own aesthetic properties. This is something Roger Scruton fails to recognize.
Introduction Photography is the art or practice of taking and processing photographs. Photography can also be defined as the method of recording the image of an object through the action of light, or related radiation, on a light-sensitive material. In this paper, I will describe how important photography is and the many components to photography. I will also include the history of photography and how it came about, the different types of photography, some of the famous photographers, and the education and salary of a photographer. The purpose in this paper is to explain the purpose of child photography, which is to capture the most special and precious moments of a child’s life.
History of Photography Every two minutes we snap more pictures than the whole of humanity did in the 1800s. Did you know that cameras existed way before people started taking pictures? Cameras used to be handmade and took a long time to actually produce a picture. Many pictures in the long ago used to be in black and white but now they are taken mainly in color.
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What do you consider art? Paintings, sculptures, drawings, or maybe something else. I know, when I think of art, I think of photography. Photography Is used for business, science, manufacturing, art, recreational purposes, mass communication, and more. Photography is using light to do amazing things, and some people think of photography as a story that just needs to be told. Ansel Adams probably believed this. He said, “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” Photography has a long interesting history, like the fact that the word photography is made up of two greek words, photos meaning ‘light’ and graphein which is ‘to draw’ ! Photography also has some complicated techniques to get a hang of taking good photos. Have you heard of the rule of thirds? Or do you know how a camera works? Well, that will all be explained. Maybe, by the end you will take up photography too. This essay will explore the history and types of cameras and the basic rules for taking photographs.
Unfortunately, photography’s inclusion as a division of fine art has been a topic of debate online. There are many reasons why others believe that it should not be categorized as fine art. Photographers were branded as mere machine operators and computer editors. Claims such as photography does not require skills, taking a great photo is a matter of luck, anybody can do it and it does not require critical thinking skills dominates the discussion.
Everywhere you look one thing is common, photographs. People not only use photography to document events and milestones, they use to enhance the beauty of their surroundings. From pictures of quiet country streams and cute animals to family photographs, almost every public space has some kind of photograph as decoration. Photography is much more than taking simple pictures, as a career a photographer must know technical information about lighting, posing, choosing subjects and framing shots. Equipment care is another facet of photography that requires technical knowledge beyond what the amateur needs. Modern photography has emerged as more than a hobby, it is a profitable and exciting career.