Photography PART 2 MEDIA and PROCESSES PHOTOGRAPHY - Recording the Image
Chapter 2.5 Photography PART 2 MEDIA AND PROCESSES PHOTOGRAPHY - Recording the Image . “Photography” derives from two Greek words, “drawing with light” photos means “light” and graphein means “to draw” . Collecting the image Film: negative and positive Digital: pixels, computer . Camera vs. human eye Today, the camera is a mechanical recorder and an artistic tool Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, M. Kathryn Shields Chapter 2.5 Photography PART 2 MEDIA AND PROCESSES The History of Photography . Camera obscura Projection of outside scene First drawn, then captured on light-sensitive material Room-sized then portable (eighteenth-century) camera obscura . Negative/positive processes Cyanotype-blue line on white background Calotype-a negative image is turned into a positive one using sunlight circa 1841 Daguerreotype . Digital Processes Pixels, digital files, display, manipulation Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, M. Kathryn Shields Rainer Gemma-Frisius, first published illustration of a camera obscura, 1544. William Henry Fox Talbot, The Oriel Window, South Gallery, Lacock Abbey, 1835 or 1839. Photogenic drawing negative, 3¼ x 4¼”. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Chapter 2.5 Photography PART 2 MEDIA AND PROCESSES Portrait Photography . One of photography’s popular uses Substitute for more costly painted portraits People could eventually take their own pictures Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, M. Kathryn Shields Nadar, Sarah Bernhardt, 1865. Albumen print, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France Chapter 2.5 Photography PART 2 MEDIA AND PROCESSES Nadar, Sarah Bernhardt . Sarah Bernhardt was a famous actress this would have been “in vogue and cutting edge” in her time .
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