History of Photography
Camera Obscura
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Made in 1836 this process used negative on paper
with silver. Exposed paper is placed over the second paper. This paper is then exposed to a bright light producing a positive image. The benefits of this process is that you were able to make multiple images at once. The only issue this procedure had was that it was not as clear as an image compared to other styles such as Daguerreotype |
Dorothea Lange, a photographer of the 1900's who set out a goal to show those suffering from America's Great Depression.
One of her most popular images "Migrant Mother" shown to the right, helped people to understand just how much people were suffering during this economical crisis. Using her "The Super D" camera she captured her social realism style quiet perfectly through her years of experience. |
Lewis HineA Sociologist and Photographer of the 1900'sBorn in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Lewis Hine experienced a life full of labor, as a child Hine would work 13 hours a day and 6 days a week to earn 4 dollars weekly. Lewis Hine moved on to become a moving character in the photography world when he began to take photos of children working in factories, showing the child labor most companies had used and released them to the media. The media outraged by such photos began to encourage child labor laws be enforced. Hine traveled for almost 2 years in order to raise awareness to the world what truly goes on in these factories.
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Matthew BradyAmerican Civil War photographerMatthew Brady was a photographer in the American Civil war. Since the media was not willing to release photos of what the war was actually like, instead of the pretty photos of smiling soldiers. Brady risked his life many times while shooting these photos and also almost starved to death while trying to take a photo. These photos helped informed people about how war is such a horrible thing.
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Eadweard Muybridge, known for his, motion artwork. He created "animation" for the sake of winning a bet which is the amount of petty i aspire to be.
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