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history of photography starting from 1825 till the present day.
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1844 Alexander Wolcott Camera
The Alexander Wolcott Camera was the first American patent issued in photography to Alexander Wolcott for his camera. They were able to produce the first portrait daguerreotype using this camera that they invented in 1844. -
1859 The panoramic camera
The panoramic camera patented by Thomas Sutton. This was the first panoramic camera to use a wide-angle lens to capture a field of view wider than that of the human eye. In 1859 using the panoramic camera was the only way to be able to take photo's of landscapes and wide areas. -
1861 Stereoscope viewer.
Oliver Wendell Holmes invents stereoscope viewer. The Stereoscope was very unique compared to the many other camera designs in the world as it composed of of having two pictures mounted next to each other, and a set of lenses to view the pictures through. Both pictures taken from a slightly different viewpoint for there being the left picture represents what the left eye would see, and likewise for the right picture. Giving the viewer a vision of viewing a 3D motion photo. -
1913 Candid Camera (Key Development 1)
The first 35mm still camera developed by Oskar Barnack of German Leica Camera. Later it became the standard for all film cameras.This camera had taken an impact on photography as it had improved the quality of pictures as picture could now be developed horizontally. Also allowed photographers to enlarge there photographs after they had been exposed. This was a good camera for photojournalists to take pictures using available light and capture natural events rather than staged photo's -
Key development 1 with photographer: Walker Evans (pt 1)
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Walker Evans (November 3, 1903 – April 10, 1975) was an American photographer and photojournalist was well known for his work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documenting about the effects of the Great Depression (which was one of Walker’s most famous photo era). He said that his goal as a photographer was to make pictures that are "literate, authoritative, transcendent". -
Key development 1 with photographer: Walker Evans (pt2)
His father was an advertising director meaning that his father probably took a inspirational influence on his photography career. Many of his works are in the permanent collections of museums and have been the subject of retrospectives in institutions as The Metropolitan Museum of Art or George Eastman House. In 1935, Evans spent two months photographic campaign for the Resettlement Administration (RA) in West Virginia and Pennsylvania which was highly viewed by the public eye. -
Key development 1 with photographer: Walker Evans (pt.3)
Once he left the FSA, he and writer James Agee were sent by Fortune magazine on assignment to Alabama,to make a book that includes many pictures. In 1941, Evans's photographs and James's writing detail was very impressive which lead the duo's stay together during the Great Depression and were published as the very successful/popular book called “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men”. -
Sun Coffee Shop: 1935 by Walker Evans (pt.1)
The subjective frame: of this photo is a depressing theme as it shows the boring life we all live in our society as the no colour brings a boredom feeling towards the image and the people we see in the picture look like they're very bored and that nobody is really enjoying life.This makes the audience see life in a depressing view of the 19th century for the purpose of it being for the (FSA) documenting about the effects of the Great Depression. -
Sun Coffee Shop: 1935 by Walker Evans (pt.2)
The structural frame: We can determine that he took this picturing using a 1913 Candid Camera as we see that this photo is horizontal and also fits into the timeline. Walker Evans used many different photography techniques when taking these photo’s these techniques include. -
Sun Coffee Shop: 1935 by Walker Evans (pt.3)
We can see that he must of had a good focal length measure that he was happy with and it seems that he went to use a short focal length to capture this image giving the effect of letting us see more of a description of the photo. He also used the Leading line technique using the buildings on both sides of the image to direct the audience on what’s happening in the middle (which is the subjective frame). -
Sun Coffee Shop: 1935 by Walker Evans (pt.4)
The cultural frame: This shows us the culture of modern society in America in 1913 as can see a good amount of detail being able to have view of the environment of the city area in Alabama, America. -
1948 Polaroid camera
Edwin Land invented the Polaroid camera which was the first camera that could take a picture and print it in about one minute. -
1960 The first underwater camera
EG&G develops extreme depth underwater camera for U.S. Navy. This Camera was made to take photo's underwater as they where water proof. It was used for many different purpose such as for the navy, marine biologist, photographers and etc. -
1978 Jasupin (Konica C35 AF) (Key development 2)
Konica introduces the first point-and-shoot, autofocus camera Konica C35 AF. The camera was also very portable due to it being small for the photographers convince. -
Key development 2 with photographer: Cynthia Morris (pt.1)
Cynthia Morris "Cindy" Sherman (born January 19, 1954) is an American photographer and film director, best known for her conceptual portraits. In 1972, Sherman enrolled into the visual arts department at Buffalo State College, where she began painting. Frustrated with what she saw as the medium's limitations, she abandoned the painting and took up photography. -
Key development 2 with photographer: Cynthia Morris (1978) (pt.2)
She quoted "There was nothing more to say through painting", she later recalled. "I was meticulously copying other art and then I realized I could just use a camera and put my time into an idea instead." Later she then became a very famous photographer known for her own unique style of photography. -
Key development 2 with photographer: Cynthia Morris (1978) (pt.3)
Cynthia Morris’s style of photography is usually herself in a range of costumes. To create her photographs, Sherman shoots alone in her studio, assuming multiple roles as author, director, make-up artist, hairstylist, wardrobe mistress, and model. For example one of her first works was Bus Riders (1976–2000) which was a series of photo’s that included Cynthia Morris as many meticulously observed characters. -
Key development 2 with photographer: Cynthia Morris (1978) (pt.4)
The photographs were shot in 1976 for the Bus Authority for display on a bus. Sherman used costumes and make-up, including blackface, to transform her identity for each image, and the cutout characters were lined up along the bus's advertising strip as this was apart of the style of most of her works. -
Untitled Film Still #21 by Cynthia Morris (pt.5)
The subjective frame: The art is subjected on Cynthia Morris with having the image being about her showing self portrait of herself in focus with tall buildings behind her used as a background. -
Untitled Film Still #21:1978 by Cynthia Morris (pt.6)
She used the 60/10/30 rule as can see that the building takes up 60 percentage of the image and 30 of herself and 10 goes to the sky. She uses the sky as a bit of the background to contrast with the Dark shadowed building to put lighting on her self to make her stand out more to the viewer. -
Untitled Film Still #21:1978 by Cynthia Morris (pt.7)
The cultural frame: This photograph shows the culture in women's fashion in the 1978 to do with the appearance of a modern woman in 1978. We can also get a bit detail on what the tall city buildings would have looked like during the 1978. -
1981 Sony Mavica (key development 3)
The world’s first digital electronic still camera. Digital photography and television images are related to the same technology, so this camera recorded images into a mini disk and then put them into a video reader. Images could be displayed to a television monitor or color printer. -
Key development 3 with photographer: Steven Meisel (pt.1)
Steven Meisel was born in June 5 in New York City, 1954 is still alive today. The American fashion photographer, who was getting fame and critical acclaim with his work mainly in US and Italian Vogue and his photographs of friend, Madonna (Who was the most famouse person in the 19th century, which was rumored) in her 1992 book called Sex. -
Key development 3 with photographer: Steven Meisel (pt.2)
He is now considered one of the most successful fashion photographers in the industry and in history as he earns a high pay and works for many big brand such as doing campaigns for Versace, Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana, Louis Vuitton, Balenciaga and Calvin Klein. -
Key development 3 with photographer: Steven Meisel (pt.3)
Although Steven Meisel was a fashion photographer he also took photos for many covers for some very popular albums and singles, including two RIAA Diamond-certified albums, Madonna's 1984 album "Like a Virgin" and Mariah Carey's 1995 album Daydream.
In Steven's early life he was always into fashion from young age as being inspired from magazines and models. His mother and sister was also a major influence on his passion with fashion. -
Emily sandberg 1981 shoot for calvin klein by Steven Meisel (pt.1)
The subjective frame: The subject frame of this modeling shoot of Emily Sandberg who is a famous American businesswoman, supermodel and actress. Brings the audience's attention towards the detail to what she is wearing. Makes the audience feel intrigued to buy the dress since Emily Sandberg is a very successful and confident model. Having being an idol for many people in the 1980’s due to her success she used to influence people that idolise her to wear this dress. -
Emily sandberg 1981 shoot for calvin klein by Steven Meisel (pt.2)
The structural frame: We determine that Steven Meisel was using a 1981 Sony Mavica camera to take this photo since we can see that this photo is photoshopped in 1981 meaning they must have used the Sony Mavica as it was the only camera that could take images and transfer them to a computer for photoshop. He used contrast to make the black dress stand out from the background by using studio lights behind the scenes shining on Emily Sandberg and making the picture back and white. -
Emily sandberg 1981 shoot for calvin klein by Steven Meisel (pt.3)
The cultural frame: This shows us the expansive sense of fashion and style that people wore in the 1980’s. It’s display what people considered to be good looking and model quality during this time period. -
1991 Digital camera system (DCS)
Kodak released the first professional digital camera system (DCS) which was of a great use for photojournalists. This was made in order to improve the speed with which photographs could be transmitted back to the studio or newsroom, the DCS had a resolution of 1.3 megapixels. -
2005 First full-frame digital SLR with a 24x36mm CMOS sensor.
The Canon EOS 5D is launched being the First frame digital SLR with a 24x36mm CMOS sensor. It was notable for being the first full-frame DSLR camera with a standard body size (as opposed to the taller, double-grip "professional" camera body style) designed for professional photographers.
