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Ethics in Photojournalism: Past, Present, and Future
Ethics in Photojournalism: Past, Present, and Future By Daniel R. Bersak S.B. Comparative Media Studies & Electrical Engineering/Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003 SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPARATIVE MEDIA STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN COMPARATIVE MEDIA STUDIES AT THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SEPTEMBER, 2006 Copyright 2006 Daniel R. Bersak, All Rights Reserved The author hereby grants to MIT permission to reproduce and distribute publicly paper and electronic copies of this thesis document in whole or in part in any medium now known or hereafter created. Signature of Author: _____________________________________________________ Department of Comparative Media Studies, August 11, 2006 Certified By: ___________________________________________________________ Edward Barrett Senior Lecturer, Department of Writing Thesis Supervisor Accepted By: __________________________________________________________ William Uricchio Professor of Comparative Media Studies Director Ethics In Photojournalism: Past, Present, and Future By Daniel R. Bersak Submitted to the Department of Comparative Media Studies, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences on August 11, 2006, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Comparative Media Studies Abstract Like writers and editors, photojournalists are held to a standard of ethics. Each publication has a set of rules, sometimes written, sometimes unwritten, that governs what that publication considers to be a truthful and faithful representation of images to the public. These rules cover a wide range of topics such as how a photographer should act while taking pictures, what he or she can and can’t photograph, and whether and how an image can be altered in the darkroom or on the computer. -
Session Outline: History of the Daguerreotype
Fundamentals of the Conservation of Photographs SESSION: History of the Daguerreotype INSTRUCTOR: Grant B. Romer SESSION OUTLINE ABSTRACT The daguerreotype process evolved out of the collaboration of Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre (1787- 1851) and Nicephore Niepce, which began in 1827. During their experiments to invent a commercially viable system of photography a number of photographic processes were evolved which contributed elements that led to the daguerreotype. Following Niepce’s death in 1833, Daguerre continued experimentation and discovered in 1835 the basic principle of the process. Later, investigation of the process by prominent scientists led to important understandings and improvements. By 1843 the process had reached technical perfection and remained the commercially dominant system of photography in the world until the mid-1850’s. The image quality of the fine daguerreotype set the photographic standard and the photographic industry was established around it. The standardized daguerreotype process after 1843 entailed seven essential steps: plate polishing, sensitization, camera exposure, development, fixation, gilding, and drying. The daguerreotype process is explored more fully in the Technical Note: Daguerreotype. The daguerreotype image is seen as a positive to full effect through a combination of the reflection the plate surface and the scattering of light by the imaging particles. Housings exist in great variety of style, usually following the fashion of miniature portrait presentation. The daguerreotype plate is extremely vulnerable to mechanical damage and the deteriorating influences of atmospheric pollutants. Hence, highly colored and obscuring corrosion films are commonly found on daguerreotypes. Many daguerreotypes have been damaged or destroyed by uninformed attempts to wipe these films away. -
The Slide Projector As a Computer-Operated Visual Display*
SESSION III CONTRIBUTED PAPERS: PROCESS CONTROL (INTRODUCTORY) Robert S. Mcl.ean. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Presider The slide projector as a computer-operated visual display* PAUL B. BUCKLEY and CLIFFORD B. GILLMAN have had experience with slides and can generate University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 appropriate stimuli easily. Furthermore, changing or .supplementing the stimulus set requires no new Advantages and method are presented for using the programming and no additional memory storage. slide projector in a computer-operated visual display Interfacing an inexpensive tachistoscope to the system. computer may also meet the E's requirements for a visual display. However, the projector is more flexible in The presentation of visual stimuli is a common that one can display many stimuli without E procedure in psychological research (Aaronson & intervention. so that intertrial interval is precisely Brauth, 1972). For example, visual stimuli have been controlled. Furthermore, two projectors with employed in our laboratory for experiments in superimposed images, paired in the proper timing perception, learning, memory, choice reaction time, and se q uence, c an perfectly mimic a two-channel very short-term memory. Obviously, this is not an tachistoscope. The shutter on one projector is exhaustive list of potential uses. In the programmed to open as the shutter on the other computer-controlled laboratory, the cathode ray projector closes. Thirdly, whereas a tachistoscope may terminal (CRT) or oscilloscope (CRO) may be used to be used to test one S at a time, a pair of projectors meet this need (Sperling, 1971 ; Van Gelder, 1972; simulating a tachistoscope may present material to Wojnarowski, Bachman, & Pollack, 1971). -
Digital Camera Functions All Photography Is Based on the Same
Digital Camera Functions All photography is based on the same optical principle of viewing objects with our eyes. In both cases, light is reflected off of an object and passes through a lens, which focuses the light rays, onto the light sensitive retina, in the case of eyesight, or onto film or an image sensor the case of traditional or digital photography. The shutter is a curtain that is placed between the lens and the camera that briefly opens to let light hit the film in conventional photography or the image sensor in digital photography. The shutter speed refers to how long the curtain stays open to let light in. The higher the number, the shorter the time, and consequently, the less light gets in. So, a shutter speed of 1/60th of a second lets in half the amount of light than a speed of 1/30th of a second. For most normal pictures, shutter speeds range from 1/30th of a second to 1/100th of a second. A faster shutter speed, such as 1/500th of a second or 1/1000th of a second, would be used to take a picture of a fast moving object such as a race car; while a slow shutter speed would be used to take pictures in low-light situations, such as when taking pictures of the moon at night. Remember that the longer the shutter stays open, the more chance the image will be blurred because a person cannot usually hold a camera still for very long. A tripod or other support mechanism should almost always be used to stabilize the camera when slow shutter speeds are used. -
Film Camera That Is Recommended by Photographers
Film Camera That Is Recommended By Photographers Filibusterous and natural-born Ollie fences while sputtering Mic homes her inspirers deformedly and flume anteriorly. Unexpurgated and untilled Ulysses rejigs his cannonball shaming whittles evenings. Karel lords self-confidently. Gear for you need repairing and that film camera is photographers use our links or a quest for themselves in even with Film still recommend anker as selections and by almost immediately if you. Want to simulate sunrise or sponsored content like walking into a punch in active facebook through any idea to that camera directly to use film? This error could family be caused by uploads being disabled within your php. If your phone cameras take away in film photographers. Informational statements regarding terms of film camera that is recommended by photographers? These things from the cost of equipment, recommend anker as true software gizmos are. For the size of film for street photography life is a mobile photography again later models are the film camera that is photographers stick to. Bag check fees can add staff quickly through long international flights, and the trek on entire body from carrying around heavy gear could make some break down trip. Depending on your goals, this concern make digitizing your analog shots and submitting them my stock photography worthwhile. If array passed by making instant film? Squashing ever more pixels on end a sensor makes for technical problems and, in come case, it may not finally the point. This sounds of the rolls royce of london in a film camera that is by a wide range not make photographs around food, you agree to. -
Street Photography 101
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY 101 ERIC KIM INTRODUCTION This book is the distillation of knowledge I have There are no “rights” and “wrongs” in street pho- learned about street photography during the tography– there is only the way you perceive past 8 years. I want this book to be a basic street photography and the world. primer and introduction to street photography. If Cheers, you’re new to street photography (or want some new ideas) this is a great starting point. Eric Everything in this book is just my opinion on Feb, 2015 / Oakland street photography, and I am certainly not the foremost expert on street photography. However I can safely say that I am insanely passionate and enthusiastic about street photography– and have dedicated my life to studying it and teach- ing it to others. Take everything in this book with a pinch of salt, and don’t take my word for granted. Try out tech- niques for yourself; some of these approaches may (and may not) work for you. Ultimately you want to pursue your own inner-vision of street photography. i 1 WHAT IS “STREET PHOTOGRAPHY”? Dear friend, Welcome to “Street Photography 101.” I will be your “professor” for your course (you can just call me Eric). If you’re reading this book– you’re probably interested in street photography. But before we talk about how to shoot street photography– we must talk about what street photogra- phy is (or how to “define” it). Personally I hate definitions. I think that definitions close our minds to possibilities– and every “defini- tion” is ultimately one “expert’s” opinion on a topic. -
10. the Extraordinarily Stable Technicolor Dye-Imbibition Motion
345 The Permanence and Care of Color Photographs Chapter 10 10. The Extraordinarily Stable Technicolor Dye-Imbibition Motion Picture Color Print Process (1932–1978) Except for archival showings, Gone With the He notes that the negative used to make Wind hasn’t looked good theatrically since the existing prints in circulation had worn out [faded]. last Technicolor prints were struck in 1954; the “That negative dates back to the early ’50s 1961 reissue was in crummy Eastman Color when United Artists acquired the film’s distri- (the prints faded), and 1967’s washed-out bution rights from Warner Bros. in the pur- “widescreen” version was an abomination.1 chase of the old WB library. Four years ago we at MGM/UA went back to the three-strip Tech- Mike Clark nicolor materials to make a new internegative “Movies Pretty as a Picture” and now have excellent printing materials. All USA Today – October 15, 1987 it takes is a phone call to our lab to make new prints,” he says.3 In 1939, it was the most technically sophisti- cated color film ever made, but by 1987 Gone Lawrence Cohn With the Wind looked more like Confederates “Turner Eyes ’38 Robin Hood Redux” from Mars. Scarlett and Rhett had grown green Variety – July 25, 1990 and blue, a result of unstable film stocks and generations of badly duplicated prints. Hair The 45-Year Era of “Permanent” styles and costumes, once marvels of spectral Technicolor Motion Pictures subtlety, looked as though captured in Crayola, not Technicolor. With the introduction in 1932 of the Technicolor Motion Not anymore. -
Information Visualization Lecture 5
Information Visualization Lecture 5 IVIS15 Skylike (link to project, link to video) Mario Romero 2016/02/02 Proposal for Skylike IVIS15 Skylike proposal on Feb 13, 2015: “make night sky constellations from your network of friends.” 2016-02-02 IVIS16 L5 2 Feedback to Proposal: link to presentation PDF Diana, Andrés, Willie, Tomáš, Johanna: Your proposal is ambitious in some aspects and unclear in others. It is ambitious in its plan to compute constellations from network graphs. What is a constellation mathematically? You will need graph theory, a sophisticated data transformation. How many stars and links for a typical constellation? Why? Are there families of constellations? How do you represent the constellations within the network? What are the view transformations? How do you provide overview, zooming, filtering, details on demand? You need to focus. Who is your user? What are the tasks? Where do you get your raw data? You need refine your ideas. Using the 4K screen with the kinect may work. 2016-02-02 IVIS16 L5 3 Skylikes feedback to ”Hello World” Demo Diana, Andrés, Willie, Tomáš, Johanna: Your choice of focusing on Goodreads is wise. Your Hello World demo worked very well and it gave your classmates a concrete opportunity to provide actionable feedback. Good work. Your challenge remains the graph theory to compute reasonable constellations in the number of stars and edges and their location. For example, should you strive for planar graphs? How many nodes and edges? Where do you place the cut off? Also, you have to think about your query system and the permanence of the constellations across users, sessions, and networks of friends. -
17. Display and Illumination of Color and B&W Prints
575 The Permanence and Care of Color Photographs Chapter 17 17. Display and Illumination of Color and B&W Prints The Alarming Light-Induced Image Discoloration and Base Cracking of B&W RC Prints on Long-Term Display Those serving the needs of collections being as for how much image fading and staining can be toler- heavily used for exhibition face a serious di- ated. As discussed in Chapter 7, valuable color prints should lemma. On one hand, they are chronicling, aid- be monitored with a densitometer, and visually significant ing and abetting in the systematic destruction changes in color balance, overall density, and minimum of the photographs they are charged to protect density stain levels should not be permitted to take place. by supporting reprehensible exhibition prac- Display of color prints is inherently detrimental to them, tices. On the other hand, they largely owe their but avoiding display runs counter to the reasons most pho- existence to those very exhibition programs. tographs are made and frequently conflicts with the pur- . The current exhibition vogue amounts to poses for which most individuals and museums collect prints. a systematic program of accelerating the deg- radation of our most valued and important pho- The Expendable or Replaceable Color Print tographs. The practice can and must be changed. No doubt there will be many who will claim that If a color print has no lasting value — or if it can be such an assessment is too extreme and that replaced with a new print after the original has deterio- the problem is being exaggerated. -
The Fascination of Flash Photography
The fascination of flash photography. 2016 / 2017 The fascination of flash photography “Paint” with the flash. Every subject has its own particular charm. The creative use of flash opens up numerous photographing possibilities, e.g. reducing the subject contrast, highlighting certain picture areas or getting rid of unwanted shadows. The first-class flash units from Metz offer natural colours and harmonious mood lighting – with every subject. Metz – always first class.. www.metz-mecatech.de picture: Geissler Dominik 2 — 3 Contents | A focus on quality 05 Tradition with a focus on the future 24 Every detail absolutely brilliant Contents 06 Your subject in the best 28 accessories possible light 32 Technical glossary 10 A lot of power for the best light 34 Technical specifications System flash units mecablitz mecablitz mecablitz 12 64 AF-1 digital 14 52 AF-1 digital 16 44 AF-2 digital mecablitz mecablitz mecablitz 18 M400 20 26 AF-2 22 36 AF-5 digital System flash units Specialist flash units mecablitz 18 M400 mecablitz mecablitz 23 24 AF-1 digital 26 15 MS-1 digital-Kit picture on title: Florian Gerlach Metz – always first class. www.metz-mecatech.de Metz mecatech – a focus on quality. The name Metz has been synonymous with professional flash units for decades. Our company’s exceptional reputation has been shaped by numerous technical innovations – such as the use of USB connections which allow flash units within the camera system to be updated for the latest camera model even after purchase. Today, we offer a diverse range of products from Whether light output, convenience of use or reliability, the convenient compact flashes right through to powerful handheld first-class quality of Metz flash units is unquestionable – as flash guns. -
The Photographic Snapshot
Rochester Institute of Technology RIT Scholar Works Theses 3-1-1986 The photographic snapshot Michael Simon Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.rit.edu/theses Recommended Citation Simon, Michael, "The photographic snapshot" (1986). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by RIT Scholar Works. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses by an authorized administrator of RIT Scholar Works. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SNAPSHOT by Michael Simon March 1986 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Rochester Institute of Technology Thesis Board Richard D. Zakia Chairman: Richard Zakia, Professor, School of Photographic Arts & Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology Members: Elliott Rubenstein, Associate Professor, School of Photographic Arts & Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology Keith A. Boas Keith Boas Eastman Kodak Company, Supervising Editor, Commercial Publications 1 CONTENTS Thesis Board 1 Acknowledgements 2 Introduction 3 Snapshots a Definition 4 Photographs as art 6 The ubiqui tousness of the snapshot 12 Survey of past definitions of snapshots 15 A definition of folk art 25 Photographic snapshots as folk art 34 Snapshots and the media 44 Snapshots as ritual 55 The Evolution of the Snapshot since 1880 66 Enjoying Photographs 7 9 Bibliography 103 List of Illustrations 107 Acknowledgements My thesis board, Richard Zakia, Elliott Rubenstein, and Keith Boas, have been of great assistance in the preparation of this essay and have supported my work through its many drafts. For their contribution I owe them many thanks. In addition, I should like to thank all those who helped with comments, suggestions, and who read the manuscript in its many stages. -
Master Professional Portrait Lighting with These 20 Essential Studio Setups
LIGHTING GUIDE Master professional portrait lighting with these 20 essential studio setups REMBRANDT WITH A PORTALITE SOFTBOX REMBRANDT THROUGH AN UMBRELLA REMBRANDT WITH A HONEYCOMB GRID REMBRANDT WITH A SILVER UMBRELLA KIT: One D-lite RX4 head, one Clip-lock KIT: One D-lite RX4 head, KIT: One D-lite RX4 head, KIT: One D-lite RX4 head, Stand, one Portalite Softbox one Clip-lock Stand, one 16cm Reflector, one Clip-lock Stand, one 18cm Reflector one Clip-lock Stand, one 16cm Reflector, Position the light high and to the side to one Shoot-through Umbrella with Honeycomb one Silver Umbrella create a triangle on the model’s cheek. The Position the light high and to the side as with Position the light in the same manner as the Position the light in the same manner as the shadow of the nose should point towards the the ‘Rembrandt with a Portalite Softbox’ previous ‘Rembrandt’ techniques; the light previous ‘Rembrandt’ techniques. The light edge of the lips. The Portalite creates a soft setup. The light is slightly less contrasty, through the honeycomb grid is stronger and bouncing from the silver umbrella is more directional effect. because the light is less directional more dramatic. The grid makes it very easy direct and wraps around the features of the and there is always some reflection to direct the light on to the model and away face yet still creates the shadow from the from the studio surroundings. from the background, which becomes dark. nose towards the mouth. REMBRANDT SHORT REMBRANDT BROAD SPLIT SPLIT WITH FILL KIT: One D-lite RX4 head, one Clip-lock KIT: One D-lite RX4 head, one Clip-lock KIT: One D-lite RX4 head, one Clip-lock KIT: One D-lite RX4 head, one Clip-lock Stand, one Portalite Softbox Stand, one Portalite Softbox Stand, one Portalite Softbox Stand, one Portalite Softbox, one Use the principles of ‘Rembrandt’ lighting Use the principles of ‘Rembrandt’ lighting Position a light to one side of the model in small reflector to create the triangle of light on the face.