Photographic Photography : Photography As A Movement

The lightweight camera made it easier to transport and images were taken secretly and confidently. It started the era of the “Candid shot” (Collins). Images begun to look more real and less staged. Photojournalism was much easier, the picture was able to tell the story. Some photographers did not like the loss of freedom and went out on their own. They produced a series of photos that followed the same theme and told a story. This is known as a form of photojournalism and is still used today. Some journalists took on the role of a photographer and decided to write their own story and shoot their own images. There were many forms of photojournalism and one of the most important was the magazine called

Landscape paintings became of interest to artists as a way to depict nature, a man’s spiritual place in the world, and his relation to God. The paintings of nature became a way for artists to express themselves visually and spiritually, while also expanding what people could see, read, and feel. Landscape paintings helped to grow communities and expand western movement. There was an issue between tearing down and using the resources of nature to build communities and to increase material wealth.

Practiced by thousands who shared no common tradition or training from the earliest days of taking photos, the first photographers were disciplined and united by no academy or guild, who considered their medium variously as a trade, a science, an art, or an entertainment, and who often were unaware of each other’s work. Exactly as it sounds photography means photo-graphing. The word photography comes from two Greek words, photo, or “light”, and graphos, or drawing and from the start of photography; the history of the aforementioned has been debated. The idea of taking pictures started some thirty-one thousand years ago when strikingly sophisticated images of bears, rhinoceroses, bison, horses and many other types of creators were

the possibilities of colour into photography. He began with taking pictures of land and seascapes

Artists and early photographers were still only capable of using the Camera Obscura as a drawing aid and looked for another way to express their ideas other than brush and pencil. They turned to science for answers. The Camera Obscura dominated the art world until the invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 (see Ch. 2). Though limited in quality and exposure, photography was immediately favorable to artists because it was quicker than drawing by hand and rendered details of reality not easily observable to the naked eye. As cameras and equipment became easier to use and portable, photographers were no longer confined to the studio and just as curious about the unexplored lands as the people viewing these images were. These photos portrayed undiscovered

My genre of work is a mixture of sports photography and fashion photography, the reason for this is because sports photography focuses on the drama and action in sports, this contrasts with fashion photography as the photos mainly focuses on things such as clothing and makeup. The reasons i chose this type of photography was because the conventions of sports photography is dramatic, captured action and fashion photography is very over the top and colourful. I wanted to combine these two genres to create a series of original images that combine sports and fashion. I was inspired by the work of Jake Hicks because his work uses coloured gels to make the photos colourful and stand out. I was also inspired by the work of Zach Ancell, mainly because he used to be a division one track and field athlete, he then transitioned into sports photography which gave his photos complexity in the way the athletes would pose. Jake Hicks photos sexualises women, making them centre of the page and uses coloured gels to make the image more colourful so that it would stand out, the reason he does this because he is a magazine photographer and he wants to ensure potential audiences pick up the magazine featuring his photo rather than someone else whose is much brighter and appeals more to the audience member, when you look at these photos the model has to have some sort of trust or relationship with the photographer and have to be somewhat submissive. Zach Ancell on the other hand, focuses on the strength of any athlete. The models aren’t sexualised to the extent that Jake Hicks models are. I think he Ancell does this to show that people can be good looking without the need for pristine make-up or clothing. One thing both photographers have in common is that they portray their models as fierce and confident.

Although clearly a documentary image of the scene, the photograph also employs many of the artistic conventions of landscape painting. The narrowly focused composition does not allow the viewer’s eye to wander through the

Portrait Photographer, a professional photographer specializing in posing their subjects and carefully arranged lighting, is a career I wish to pursue for the expedition, imagination, and emotional satisfaction. I have been engrossed in this career since age eight, and have gained this interest due to my obsession with posing for pictures, taking them, and creating alluring images. These photographs are created using special equipment, effects, and poses to assure the client's gratification. Photography allows one to be unique while adding just a touch of their personality to the work. An individual should be able to love the job they do, and this profession will allow one to do so.

Photography is commencing to wind up as the world 's most popular pastime. Because photographs surround us, we are able to utilize photography to explore the world. Susan Sontag, author of On Photography, has an alternate point of view on photography. When Sontag implies that photography lets us know how we think about the world, we acknowledge it as the camera records it; this is essentially what photography is all about, but it involves the photographer 's view utilizing a camera to record both a physical reality and an internal reality. Sontag 's claim that photography constrains our comprehension of the world is a great observation; conversely, today’s current photograph manipulation makes it difficult to see what reality truly is.

Through research of 19th century photography and Realism this paper will set out to prove that the realism movement helped influence photography. It will do this by going in to detail what Realism is, how 19th century photography worked, and how they are similar and different. This will be show further with an example of both a painting during the Realism movement as well and a 19th century photography to explain in more details what each of these things are. This paper will establish a strong case for how Realism had an influence on photography.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Pictorialism was the dominating photographic style that spread internationally. There is no specific definition for this word, but it generally refers to a style where the focus more on the photographers intent and emotion rather than as a means of documentation. Characteristics of a pictorial photograph includes lack of clear focus, visible manipulations on the surface, and different color tones. Perhaps the biggest point that defines pictorialism is the photographer’s intent to draw out the emotion and feeling of the viewer.

An unknown author once said, “[T]he question is not whether photography is fine art per se – neither painting not sculpture can make that claim – but whether it is capable of artistic expression; whether in the hands of a true artist its productions become works of art.” This quote, published in 1862, in the Photographic Journal; although quoted over 150 years ago, during a time when artistry was taking different forms and evolving, this statement is no less true today. During these early years, photographers were in the infant stage; first crawling, experimenting with the camera, film, and subject matter, followed by the teenage grouping. Seen by groups of artist who followed similar paths and doubts, ‘What would the finished piece look like

During modern times, we can now afford to take pictures of whatever we would like so the content for photographs is now only limited to our own morals and what is available on the physical plane. This invention allowed many people to share images of the world that many people would not be able to see otherwise and enabled any person who is willing to try, a chance to become an artist.

The camera is an invention that has been around for five hundred years. Over those five hundred years, photography has helped drive advancements in society and art. The invention of photography has allowed western art to be freed from the controversial limitations of realism and has paved the way for extravagant changes in art by changing the way artists use and interpret the elements of art. Some art movements that have utilized this are impressionism, cubism, and post-modernism.

Photography is a very interesting career choice. It can take people to places they only ever dreamt of going. Although it is a lot of fun, it is also a lot of work. There is many different types of equipment, lighting, cameras, and photographers. You must learn about it all in order to choose the perfect type of photography you want to do. Photography, is not just about capturing photos of objects, it is about how photographers see the world. Being a photographer, there are many responsibilities you must have. For starters, photographers have to be able to market and/or advertis. This will help them to attract customers or clients. On top of being able to market and advertise, they must also be able to analyze and plan compositions of