Art Appreciation-Chapter7
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Photography
Chapter 7
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Jane and Louise Wilson. The Silence Is Twice as Fast Backwards I. 2008. 72″ square.
Evolution of Photography
• Photography literally means light writing
• The concept of the camera started with the camera obscura– Camera obscura literally means dark room– A box or room with a small hole projects
what is outside– Originally used to assist with drawing
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Evolution of the Camera Obscura. Sixteenth-century camera obscura.
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Evolution of the Camera Obscura. Seventeenth-century portable camera obscura.
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Evolution of the Camera Obscura. Seventeenth- to nineteenth-century table model camera obscura.
The First Photograph
• Made by Joseph Nicephore Niepce– He used a camera obscura – He sensitized a pewter metal plate– It took eight hours to expose the photo
The “Invention” of Photography
• There is much debate about who invented the process we know as photography
• Some think Daguerre, others Talbot
Jacque Mande Daguerre
• Created the process known as Daguerrotypes
• Involved highly toxic chemicals such as mercury
• Has a highly metallic finish
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Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre. Le Boulevard du Temple. 1839.
William Henry Fox Talbot
• Created the salt print– He coated paper with salt and silver nitrate– This darkens as it exposes to light
Potraits and Photography
• Before photography, painting was the only way to have a portrait made– Only the very rich could afford this
• With the invention of photography, many people could now afford portraits
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Julia Margaret Cameron. Julia Jackson. March 1886. 13-1/4″ × 11″.
Photography as an Art Form
• The public was reluctant to label photography as an art form and to this day, many people have doubt as to whether it is an art form
• Photography, contrary to some opinions, can be extremely expressive and creative
Henri Cartier Bresson
• Invented the idea of “the decisive moment”– Decisive moment: that one moment when
you are looking through your viewfinder and all the elements come together to create the perfect photography
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Henri Cartier-Bresson. Place de l'Europe Behind the Gare St. Lazare, Paris. 1932.
Photography and Social Change
• Photography is uniquely suited to documentary work
• From the very beginning photographers used the medium to show others what they could not see for themselves
• These photographers find it very important to spread awareness and affect change
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Jacob Riis. Five Cents a Spot. Unauthorized lodging in Bayard Street Tenement. c. 1890.
6-3/16″ × 4-3/4″.
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Margaret Bourke-White. Louisville Flood Victims. 1938.
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Ansel Adams. Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, California. 1944.
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Gary Braasch. Polar Bear Outside Barrow, Alaska. 2008.
Color Photography
• Color photography was looked down upon by art photographers for many years
• In 1976, William Eggleston exhibited his color photographs of everyday objects– He got horrible reviews – He is now considered a pioneer in color
photography as art
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William Eggleston. Untitled (Nehi Bottle on Car Hood). From Los Alamos Portfolio. 1965–1974.
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Binh Danh. Iridescence of Life #7. 2008.14″ × 11″ × 2″.