1. Photography Chapter 7

2. Copyright ©2011, ©2009 Pearson Prentice Hall Inc. Jane and Louise Wilson. The Silence Is Twice as Fast Backwards I. 2008. 72″ square.

3. Evolution of Photography Photography literally means light writing The concept of the camera started with the camera obscura –Camera obscura literally means dark room –A box or room with a small hole projects what is outside –Originally used to assist with drawing

4. Copyright ©2011, ©2009 Pearson Prentice Hall Inc. Evolution of the Camera Obscura. Sixteenth-century camera obscura.

5. Copyright ©2011, ©2009 Pearson Prentice Hall Inc. Evolution of the Camera Obscura. Seventeenth-century portable camera obscura.

6. Copyright ©2011, ©2009 Pearson Prentice Hall Inc. Evolution of the Camera Obscura. Seventeenth- to nineteenth-century table model camera obscura.

7. The First Photograph Made by Joseph Nicephore Niepce –He used a camera obscura –He sensitized a pewter metal plate –It took eight hours to expose the photo

9. The “Invention” of Photography There is much debate about who invented the process we know as photography Some think Daguerre, others Talbot

10. Jacque Mande Daguerre Created the process known as Daguerrotypes Involved highly toxic chemicals such as mercury Has a highly metallic finish

11. Copyright ©2011, ©2009 Pearson Prentice Hall Inc. Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre. Le Boulevard du Temple. 1839.

12. William Henry Fox Talbot Created the salt print –He coated paper with salt and silver nitrate –This darkens as it exposes to light

15. Potraits and Photography Before photography, painting was the only way to have a portrait made –Only the very rich could afford this With the invention of photography, many people could now afford portraits

16. Copyright ©2011, ©2009 Pearson Prentice Hall Inc. Julia Margaret Cameron. Julia Jackson. March 1886. 13-1/4″ × 11″.

19. Photography as an Art Form The public was reluctant to label photography as an art form and to this day, many people have doubt as to whether it is an art form Photography, contrary to some opinions, can be extremely expressive and creative

20. Henri Cartier Bresson Invented the idea of “the decisive moment” –Decisive moment: that one moment when you are looking through your viewfinder and all the elements come together to create the perfect photography

21. Copyright ©2011, ©2009 Pearson Prentice Hall Inc. Henri Cartier-Bresson. Place de l'Europe Behind the Gare St. Lazare, Paris. 1932.

22. Photography and Social Change Photography is uniquely suited to documentary work From the very beginning photographers used the medium to show others what they could not see for themselves These photographers find it very important to spread awareness and affect change

23. Copyright ©2011, ©2009 Pearson Prentice Hall Inc. Jacob Riis. Five Cents a Spot. Unauthorized lodging in Bayard Street Tenement. c. 1890. 6-3/16″ × 4-3/4″.

24. Copyright ©2011, ©2009 Pearson Prentice Hall Inc. Margaret Bourke-White. Louisville Flood Victims. 1938.

25. Copyright ©2011, ©2009 Pearson Prentice Hall Inc. Ansel Adams. Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, California. 1944.

26. Copyright ©2011, ©2009 Pearson Prentice Hall Inc. Gary Braasch. Polar Bear Outside Barrow, Alaska. 2008.

27. Color Photography Color photography was looked down upon by art photographers for many years In 1976, William Eggleston exhibited his color photographs of everyday objects –He got horrible reviews –He is now considered a pioneer in color photography as art

28. Copyright ©2011, ©2009 Pearson Prentice Hall Inc. William Eggleston. Untitled (Nehi Bottle on Car Hood). From Los Alamos Portfolio. 1965–1974.

29. Copyright ©2011, ©2009 Pearson Prentice Hall Inc. Binh Danh. Iridescence of Life #7. 2008. 14″ × 11″ × 2″.