What is photography's "true genius"?
- Photography’s has delighted us, moved us but it has mainly intrigued us by showing the secret strangeness that lies between the world of appearances. The "true genius" of photography is showing the audience the true limits and multiple uses of photography.
Name a proto-photographer.
- Henry Fox Talbot
In the 19th century, what term was associated with the daguerreotype?
- "A mirror with a memory" - In this process light is reflected back through an image.
What is the vernacular?
- The vernacular is a genre of photography which contains; scientific, forensic and journalistic photography, among others to document life. Vernacular photographers looked at the future uses of photography, exploring its limits and uses. This genre on vernacular photography was not considered as art at the time, even know this photojournalism could be viewed as art as it was communicating to an audience. Another impact was from 'Kodak' producing cheap cameras, film and so that photography was available to anyone who wanted to try it. This resulted in people documenting all aspects of life, from family holidays to news stories, allowing people to capture a moment of time.
How do you "fix the shadows"?
- The shadows could be fixed by using a mirrored metal, called a daguerreotype. This creates a one off image , like a polaroid. The finished image is the plate of the camera(obscura). The daguerreotype was developed by Louis De Geer. Photographers "fix the shadows" by stoping the image, whilst exposing it and used certain chemicals to do so.
What is the "carte de visite"?
- The "carte de visite" is a type of photography. It was patterned by French man, Andre-Adolphe-Eugene Diseri in November 1854. As the subject stood for their portrait you were photographed eight times in a rapid sequence by a camera with eight separate lenses. This meant that you could have eight small sizes photographs with various poses in a short frame of time. 1OOO's of these photos were sent between the US, UK and around the world.
Who was Nadar and why was he so successful?
- Nadar was a French artist, he was know for his natural portraits of famous people. He was also well know for his law-suit with his brother over the use of their company name 'Nadar'.
What is pictorialism?
- Pictorialism was an era of photography thaw was mean, moody and at its most po-faced. These photographers were looking at the past, unlike vernacular photographers. They were against candid photography and their images resembled artistic paintings of the era.
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