1. Camera Arts and Digital Imaging

2. Photography “light writing” or “light-drawing”
can be an art form or a practical tool
Journalism, science, advertising, public relations, recording family history, means of expression
Reveals the photographer’s personal way of seeing and responding

3. The forerunner of the modern camera was the camera obscura “dark room” p. 145
Daguerreotypes – first satisfactory photographs; exposure times were so long only stationary objects could be recorded

4. Louis jacques mande daguerre note that the streets have no cars and the sidewalks have no people other than the man who was getting his shoes shined. He stayed in one place long enough to be a part of the photograph

5. As an art form Personal expression symbolic communication
eye-catching composition

6. Henri cartier – Bresson Note the shape of the figure repeated in the reflection and the poster in the back. Also, the ripples in the water are repeated in the shapes on the ground.

7. Photographs bring public attention to suffering caused by war, poverty, hunger and neglect
Stir emotions
Assist in the creation of laws
Photo essay – collection of photographs on a single subject that tell a story or convey a mood

8. Photos that assisted in establishing child labor laws

9. Child labor laws

10. Child labor laws

11. Photography has aided environmentalists
Used to increase public awareness of the need for conservation of the natural environment

12. Ansel Adams. Capturing the beauty of nature assists environmentalists by

14. Color photography was not accepted by artists because it was associated with family snapshots and tourist photographs
William Eggleston
Museum of modern Art 1976
Beginnings of art photography