Photography timeline.

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Transcript of Photography timeline.

WHAT IS A PHOTOGRAPH?

Scientific Answer

A photograph is an image that is created when light hits a light sensitive

surface. It is stored on film that is coated in gelatin that contains silver

halide or on an electronic device.

Artistic Answer

It is a way of capturing a single snap shot in time.

FIRST PHOTOGRAPH

The view from the window at les gras

THE FIRST CAMERA

The first camera was a pinhole camera which is a

light proof box which has a hole in one side that

allows light to pass through this causes an

inverted image on the opposite side of the box.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?

Nicéphore Niépce added plate coated with

Bitumen of Judea, a naturally occurring

asphalt. The asphalt hardened in bright light

and the dim parts of the picture stayed soft

and could be wiped away.

1800’S

Photography was made popular by Joseph Nicéphore de Niepce most of

the photographs where produced in black and white because this was

the cheapest option for the people.

1900’S

In the 1900’s colour cameras became portable and readily available.

Cameras were so easily transported that they were used in both ww1

and ww2. Some examples of portable cameras are the Argus c3 and

polaroid model 20. the Argus c3 being available around the time of ww2.

EVENTS

Photography has been a major part of events in history:

• World War 1 : During world war 1 there were photographers like Ernest

brooks and John Brookes who took pictures from the frontline and were

regular soldiers that fought along the western front.

• World War 2: in world war 2 there were photographers like Eugene

Smith who showed the dangers that soldiers faced.

• During the south African apartheid photographers like Peter Dejong

Showed the battle between the different members of society.

CAMERAS

A film camera works by having light pass through a converging lens

(causes light to go towards a single point) it is then recorded on film or

an electronic device called an electronic sensor.

It has a shutter that controls the amount of light that hit the film or sensor.

The shutter speed can be controlled allowing for a varied amount of

light in.

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

The first digital camera was developed by NASA

that weighed 3.6Kg and had a resolution of 10,000

pixels to compare a modern smart phone has a

camera with a resolution of 8,000,000 pixels. The

first marketed digital camera was released in 1990.

in 2001 Kodak create a camera that you can take

photographs off almost instantly. In 2012 Kodak

create a camera that doesn't’t need to be connected

to a computer for photographs to be shared world

wide.

FILM

Film is a strip of plastic film that is layered

with a gelatin that contains light sensitive

silver halide. When exposed to the light

the surface darkens but is a long

process. This is why there is a short

exposure time so a small chemical

change happens.

ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPHY

ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPHY

Abstract photography focuses more of form, colour and

curves than is does on detail

Some abstract photos are not in focus

Abstract photos come in a variation of patterns, textures,

crop, shape and blur

POP ART

POP ART

Pop art is an art moment that started in the U.K during the mid 1950’s which

involves making pictures look like they are meant to be part of a comic

book.

It was made popular by photographers like Andy Warhol was probably the

most famous pop art photographer and artist. He was the pioneer of

popular culture and explored the relationship between artistic

expression, celebrity culture, advertising and mass production, all of

which flourished in the 1950’s and 1960’s. One of his most famous

pieces was a series of portraits of Marilyn Monroe.