Friday, February 9, 2018

photo context & history (ongoing)


history & artists-

terms: 
camera obscura: latin for "dark chamber."


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exposure triangle-
aperture: an opening into the camera (through lens)
shutter: a mechanism that opens and closes to let light in 
iso: the sensitivity of the film/image sensor 

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light refraction:

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Iso

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Foreground:
The part of a photograph that is nearest the viewer

Middle ground:
The distance between the two extremes of fore- and background

Background:
The area in a photograph that is farthest from view (distance)

History & Artists: joseph nicephore niepce:
made the first photograph in 1827
the exposure time was about eight hours
french 
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first photo of a person:
by louis daguerre (daguerreotype)
boulevard du temple, paris, france
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first "selfie":
robert cornelius. 1839
amateur chemist & photography enthusiast 
Philadelphia 
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aperture: an opening into the camera through the lens.

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focal length: the distance between the center of a lens or curved mirror and its focus..

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eadweard muybridge:
1830-1904
english
pioneer in photographing motion.
created the zoopraxiscope (1879)
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julia margaret cameron 

1815-1879
known for the soft focus and 'painterly' quality of her images.
was panned as not serious enough as a photographer.
accepted by painters (pre-raphaelites) more than photographers.
close-cropped portraits are inspirational for photographers today.
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mathew brady:
civil war photographer
1860's
one of the first events where where the public saw casualties of war in printed newspaper

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