How Has Photography Changed Over Time

The nature of photography has changed dramatically due to multiple developments in digital technologies. We as humans now have a greater understanding and visual of the world because of this as well as a different perception of ourselves. With relating technologies to photography like supporting computer software’s, the very meaning of photography and it as an art form has changed also due to its development. In this essay my aim is to understand how the changes have happened if at all, and how it affects us.

From the first successful photograph by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in the mid 1820’s to the 21st century high definition three-dimensional cameras, photography over time has changed dramatically with the help of digital technology [1](Hirsch,

But with the ever-expanding growth of technology and photography combined, we as humans now have access to see more than the human eye through the lens of a camera. Writer and curator of photography Paul Wombell created a piece of work called Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal 13, the outcomes were created by a photographic machine call a Drone [4](Sorenson, 2014). The drone is a lightweight aircraft, which are either controlled by ‘pilots’ from the ground or independently following a pre-programmed mission. The drones have a camera attached to the base, which allows the pilot to see an extended vision [5](Cole, C. Wright, J. 2014). Because of the development of technology we can now create cameras that can see more that we can, maybe due to the fact that some locations like the top of a volcano, are too dangerous for a human to venture to. So the nature of photography is change as well as our perception. There are other developments in photography, which support this like the works of Mona Hatoum, for her project she used endoscopic technology to place a camera used for medical examinations into her body. The camera extends the human vision to the interior of the human body. “I wanted to give the feeling that on the one hand, the body becomes vulnerable to this scientific eye: an invasive device, probing it, turning it inside out, objectifying it . . . On the other hand, when you’re inside the structure, in places you feel like you are on the edge of an abyss that could swallow you up.” [6]. So this form of technology has changed the nature of photography by capturing it in an internal way that again humans wouldn’t have had the ability to see with the naked