PHOTOGRAPHY WORDS & TERMS

AESTHETIC- refers to the qualities that make something look how it does.
I'm drawn to the colors.
CAMERA OBSCURA- latin for dark chamber; a blacked-out room/chamber in which outside light is compressed through a pinhole. Discovered by Mo Ti in China, circa 400 BC.


Exposer Triangle:


Aperture- the opening into the camera


Shutter- mechanism that allows light to enter the camera for precise periods of time.



ISO- the sensitivity to light of the sensor/film


























Aperture Depth of Field- Aperture is the size of the opening into a camera, and the larger the aperture the smaller sliver of focus you will have.

ISO:

The sensitivity of the camera.



White Balance:

The temperature of the light being photographed.


HISTORY & ARTISTS:
JOSEPH NICEPHORE NIEPCE
Made the first photograph in 1827.
The exposure time was approx. EIGHT hours.
View From The Window At Le Gras. France. 1827.







FIRST PHOTO OF A PERSON - 1838
by Louis Daguerre (Daguerreotype)
Boulevard du Temple, Paris.




















FIRST "SELFIE"


Robert Cornelius, 1839
Amateur chemist & photography enthusiast
Philadelphia


MATHEW BRADY

Civil War Photographer
1860s
One of the first events where the public saw casualties of war printed in newspapers
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Eadweard Muybridge

1803-1904
English
Pioneer in Photography
created the zoopraxiscope (1879)
"The Gallop"
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Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879)

Known for soft focus and a "painterly" quality of her images.
Was panned as not being serious enough as a photographer.
Accepted by painters (pre-Raphaelites) more than photographers.
Close-cropped her portraits are inspiration for photographers today.

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ART THEORY & AESTHETICS:

CONTRAST: the difference between light and dark
VALUE: the intensity of a color (or BW)
HUE: the color
TINT: adding white to a hue
SHADE: adding black to a hue

Dorothea Lange:

1895-1965
Documentary photographer and photojournalist
Began as portraitist (in a studio)
During the Great Depression (1930's), worked for the Farm Securities Administration to document the plight of the poor and forgotten
During WWII, documented the plight of Japanese-American citizens who were forced into internment camps. The photos weren't seen during the war.


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White Angel Breadline,  San Fransisco, 1933
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Migrant Mother, 1936
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Pledge, 

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1908-2004
A master of street photography
Known for the decisive moment - The moment where visual and psychological elements come together in a photo.


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Gordon Parks

1912-2006
Significant photographer of the Civil Rights Movement
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Manuel Álvarez Bravo

1902-2002
pioneer of artistic photography in Mexico
most important figure in 20th century Latin-American photography
captured history of Mexican society and culture
street photography, folk art & rituals, human interaction

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