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History of Photography in a snapshot “ How have forms of human communication changed overtime?”
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Accessing Prior Knowledge In your notes, please think about and list three forms of Ancient communication, and three forms of Modern communication.
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History of Photography Overview Video
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What information from this quick overview caught your attention? Thanks to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUsqS8Ena14 History of Photography youtube.com 3 min - Sep 21, 2009 - Uploaded by shoulderstevens
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Any idea what the Word Photography means ? __________________________________
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Photography means “drawing with light” In Greek Photos Graphos = Light Writing Term was presented by Sir John Herschel (English, 1792-1871). There were other name contenders. The Latin would have been Lux Scribe. Luckily, “Hi I’m a luxscribepher” just didn’t take off, but the use and importance of the invention of photography and its applications did.
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What did the invention of photography require? Human Ingenuity: MYP area of Interaction Inventing took Time and Science, requiring Optics = curved lenses, camera obscura Chemistry = light sensitive materials Communication = letters, personal visits
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Optics Camera Obscura, Pin Hole Camera Before the invention of optics in the 1600s, Camera Obscura was just a hole in a wall or tent and the projected inverted image on an opposite wall. It was awkward to view an unsharp and inverted image.
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Light Bulb, 1991 www.abelardomorell.net
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Modern Camera Obscura: View of Central Park Looking North- Spring, 2010 www.abelardomorell.net
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Joseph Nicephore Niepce <- not a photo
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Niepce, First print: 1826 ( 8 hour exposure) one of a kind, non-reproducible on a copper plate.
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Louis Daguerre not a photo ->
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Louis Daguerre, Dauguerrotype, 1837 20 minute exposure! Better living through mercury.
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William Henry “Fox” Talbot First paper prints <- a photo
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Fox Talbot’s Paper Prints; Plant Fronds, and The Ladder ~ 1835
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History of Photography Reflection: At the bottom of your cornel-notes In three complete sentences, summarize how photography has changed over time. Then, one more short video if we have time.
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Thanks to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-7_FciNaqs youtube.com 4 min - Nov 29, 2006 - Uploaded by ncblazek
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