Essays on Photograph

738 Words The Pulitzer-winning photograph “Old Glory Goes Up On Mt. Suribachi” was taken by Joe Rosenthal in 1945 – an employee of the Associated Press. Considered to be the greatest war photograph taken in U.S Marine history, the location of the photograph is at the Briscoe Center for American History which is in Austin, Texas (“Collections Military History”). Rosenthal's picture serves as an artistic response to war because it portrays the gallantry of the U.S Marines in what has been considered the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history on the island on Iwo Jima. If anything, this photograph is ...

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The Assassination of Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey

As I look at the photograph of the assassination of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, I am able to enter the same gallery that elicits an aroma of a freshly cleaned place where I witness the anguish of the assassin, hear the loud voice of his conviction, and experience the bitter taste of death that sends chills down my spine. In the photograph, we can see the subjects in a place that is entirely painted in white. Three photographs can be seen hanging on the wall, and it can be assumed that other photographs are ...

Chapter two of Clarke’s “The Photograph” addresses the subject of photography in the nineteenth century. It highlights ways in which photography sought to mimic painting in some aspects such as mixing prints by Gustave (43). There was also some form of selectivity; for instance, London could be portrayed as individual buildings or as an extensive chaos. The second chapter equally documents the advent of travel photography that enabled people to record various traditions globally as well as impose their various cultural perspectives. As Clarke notes “to photograph is to give evidence to the facts” According to Clarke’s ...

Compare and Contrast

“One never understands anything from a photographand that understanding starts from no accepting the world as it looks” (Sontag 23). It is true as the person can be easily mistaken by what he sees, especially if we are talking about a photograph. Many photographs can be either deceitful or intentionally make the audience’s perception wrong. Therefore, different worldviews and different perspectives allow seeing different images on a single photograph. The two suggested pictures may seem to have nothing in common. One sees two different people, two different backgrounds and two different stories. However, one may find a drastic ...

Summary of What was Learned

In the first chapter of the book written by Graham, the author attempted to define the term ‘photograph’. The initial discourse presented a historical evolution of photography through transcending the people who had been instrumental in its creation. The first person who was acknowledged to have successfully capture a fixed photographic image was Joseph Nicephore Niepce in his photograph entitled ‘View from a Window at Gras, 1826’ . Other known personalities who significantly contributed to the historical evolution of photography reportedly included Louis-Jacques Mande Daguerre (founder of the daguerreotype process), William Henry Fox Talbot (producer of the first negative/positive photographic ...

It is commonly claimed that a picture is worth a thousand words. Likewise, a photograph can often tell much more of the portrayed person that the person oneself. Bearing a great power of strong emotions, meaningful message, and expression of beauty itself, the photograph can be however viewed and reinterpreted from many different ways. This essay thereby aims to analyze and provide my own personal reinterpretation of the photograph of Gabrielle Chanel made by Richard Avedon in March 1958. This monochrome photograph exhibits a closely-shot, worm's eye view portrait of woman in her middle age. As it is judged ...

William Eggleston, born in 1939 in in Memphis, Tennessee, first rose to fame in 1976 with his inaugural photographic exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. Eggleston is widely credited with raising color photography to an art form. His first forays into photography wee in black-and-white, but in 1965 he began to experiment with color photography. Critics at his first exhibition were shocked by his apparent disregard for the traditions of photography, and were particularly critical of the way in which he used dye-transfer methods, commonly associated at the time with advertising, to enhance the tonal potential of the ...

History

Fashion photography is the use of a photograph to display clothing or accessories. Typically, fashion photography has a marketable intent as it is used in documenting or selling the particular fashion in the photo. Fashion photography has the ability to expose attitudes, ambitions, sense of taste of time, visions, desires, values, sexuality and self-image. The photographer hopes to give the viewer something to believe in. Baron Adolf de Meyer was the first American fashion photography to have impact on the fashion photography industry with the use of form, and light. Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue were the first fashion ...

Introduction

Photographs save moments. The most efficacious and optimum images provided in the news capture the viewer. The viewer not only sees the news moment, but also feels it through the presentation of the image. These images are seen as reality by viewers. Viewers hold the news images as truths. This was the case before video and digital photographer and it still applies today with the exponential advances. Advances in technology and the image on news photography has been both advantages and disadvantages to newspapers and electronic news sources. The way in which the news captured images prior to the ...

At the brink of war, America, which has distinguished herself as a world leader and a responsible country knew that she would be at the center stage of the showdown. The war eventually came with anxiety and patriotism contemporaneously looming across the country. The media shifted interest in the war. Countless patriotic books and artistic artifacts were born during and after the time of war, but nothing has done much for the history of war than the picture taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt at times square after the war. The image quickly found its way to magazine front pages and ...

Background

In 1931, The Empire of Japan attacked and took over Manchuria, a resources-rich Chinese region. Japan took over Manchuria because it wanted to take control of the natural resources found there especially oil (Inada 11). The U.S refused to recognize Japan’s jurisdiction over Manchuria arguing that the control was established through force. The U.S had close trade relations with China, and it wanted to protect its interests in the country. Japan attacked China severally so as to weaken it from claiming back Manchuria. In 1937, the U.S started considering how it could stop Japan’s quest to expand ...

“Many newspapers, magazines and television programmers make money by reporting on the private lives of public figures such as politicians, sports personalities and entertainers. While the media’s right to freedom of expression should be defended, the media should not intrude into people’s private affairs.” To what extent do you agree or disagree with the statement above? After the growth of media in the twentieth century, people who had earned name and fame have always been in the center of the media receiving the attention of the medias and the public. The media whereby the public figures and ...

Abstract

The ethical and technical importance of effective, efficiently performed forensic crime scene investigation combines the use of creative thinking, with well-planned assessments and collection of evidence. When law enforcement participants function together as a team, in the engagement of utilizing standardized procedures in the collection and recovery of evidence, whether on ground-surface or burial excavations, precision and integrity may be maintained as foundational to the process. Preservation using photographic, videotaping, and handwritten documentation during each step of the crime scene investigation process, provides a basis of accuracy in reporting outcomes and greatly aids in an unambiguous identification of party – ...

Colorado Springs:

Colorado Springs located in central east of the United States. It is basically situated in the fountain creek some 97 km away from the Colorado State Capital in Denver. Colorado Springs is blessed with much natural beauty. The mountainous region provides a scenic beauty and a place for tourism. Colorado basically is situated around the base of Pikes Peaks. This city is also the centre of around 24 national sports governing bodies. It was entitled as the best place to live in the USA by the U.S. News and World Report ("100 Best Places to Live in the USA | ...

Art Appropriation and its Influences

The idea of art appropriation deals with the way in which people look at images surrounding them, and the immediate connections that are made with the visuals. For the works to be effective, whether it is in advertising, art, or mass media the concepts have to adhere to the essence of art, but more so to be relevant to current issues of the day. This would include making use of art elements such as line, form, light, and color in order for the “reading” to be effective. Thus, any person who is involved in creating visuals ...

Theoretical Foundation

The matters of physical attractiveness suggests that what is beautiful must be good in all aspects. Such notion of beauty encompasses a notion the person’s physical attractiveness is beneficial in several situations including in getting a job. Apparently, the effect of beauty is beastly in terms of attractiveness is imperative in the context of employment. The study by Johnson et al. (2010) demonstrates that biases in rating a person’s employment suitability involve physical attractiveness and this assertion was determined by tracking down the “beauty is beastly” effect. The study was based on a theoretical underpinnings introduced by ...

The image under discussion is an advertisement of Orbit chewing gum. The photograph is used to advertise the chewing gum in a glossy magazine, and it is possible to presume that it addresses both male and female demographic. The photo includes both an image of a handsome young man and a catchy text to accompany it. The advertisement displays a young man, handsome, confident and even provocative, with classy hairstyle and perfectly-fitting suit. It is a close-up; therefore a viewer can see only the face and shoulders of the model. The focus is on the man’s face; his ...

Photographing food is a major business, and is not as simple as snapping a photograph of the food delivered to you at a restaurant. More specifically, “food styling” is the process of dressing up a plate to look more appetizing and photograph in a more appealing way. When looking at the food styling photography used to market foods from low, middle, and high end restaurants, it is interesting to see how the images differ, as they relate to the foods presented in the restaurant setting, and how each are used, visually, to demonstrate different aspects of our larger food ...

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Sharon Olds is an American poet whose literary works were noted for their “powerful, often erotic, imagery of the body”. Olds was born in San Francisco, California in 1942 and grew up in an abusive family, which, most likely, inspired her writing style. Among her notable works that appealed to many audiences were ‘Satan Says’ where Olds described her sexuality in a daring manner and ‘The Dead and the Living’ wherein she examined the life and death under the context of domesticity. The ‘Photograph of a Girl,’ is one of Old’s poems that describe the conflict ...

In order for proper implementation of the project, study participants, volunteers, and public representatives would have to be identified and recruited. The purpose of recruiting representatives/volunteers are to educate and promote the concept and importance of treatment and prevention of IAD among elderly women in acute care settings. The education and training of these volunteers should be kept as priority before the commencement of the project and the recruitment of study participants. The volunteers would also act as a mediator between the study team and the scientific committee involved in the conduct of the study. Each volunteer and representative ...

A key issue within photographic practice and culture is the establishment of perspective regarding the influence that the self and the underlying aesthetic preferences and expectations that are brought to the art. These preferences demonstrate an essential aspect of valuation in regards to not only the perceptions that are held by those viewing the art and their understanding of beauty but also the level of awareness or unawareness that the photographer has in their composition and viewpoint at the point of the photograph's creation. The idea of the unawareness about the self-knowing as a common phenomenon in our society, ...

Self-Organized Network (May 2016)

Abstract—In the form of a literature review, this outline is a brief outline of the intricate, yet fundamental elements of Self Organized Network (SON). The author takes an in-depth account of research studies and basic writings of this telecommunications platform and weighs in on the writings of subject matter experts. In doing so, findings indicate that the technological demands that are placed on telecommunication networks is directly related to the economic chain of supply and demand. Indirectly, there is are environmental concerns that are ignored in meeting such demands that address waste and emissions. While SON may fix ...

Article 8 of the Human Rights Act1998 (HRA) provides that every citizen has a “right to respect for” their private life, their family life, their home and their correspondence” (HRA). Generally speaking, Article 8 provides for the enjoyment of a general right to privacy. More specifically, Article 8 states that no public authority will interfere “with the exercise of this right except such as is in accordance with the law and is necessary in a democratic society”. In Catriona’s case, what Article 8 means is that the Metropolitan Police, as a public authority is per se prohibited from ...

The short story “The Red Convertible” was written by Louise Erdrich and it is about two brothers and their relationship. The two brothers have a great relationship and they do everything together which includes buying the car, a red convertible which is the symbol of youth, freedom, fun and normal life. The story is told from the perspective of the younger brother, Lyman, and it is about the older brother, Henry, who comes back from Vietnam after having been in war for three years. He develops PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder which makes him take his life in the end ...

  Fashion can carry significant meanings about culture, tradition and the outlook of people around the world. Fashion not only encompasses many social issues but also individual backgrounds of people, and it can be a very useful tool in expressing one’s personal identity. According to Barber, "Fashion has also been used in reference to language usages, literature, food, dance music, recreation, indeed the whole range of social and culture elements" (Barber, 1993). Throughout history it has been evident that, fashion has revealed itself during the evolution and revolution of many aspects of issues, including but not limited to class ...

Issues in Digital Photography

The essay summarizes and compares the arguments by two authors, Rachel Wells, and Carol Squlers on Digital images and photography in Digital age. The paper focuses on how the authors challenge traditional modes in image making while advocating their views. The chapter on “Digital Scale: enlargement and intelligibility in Thomas Ruff’s jpeg Series “inspects the use of pixelation in Thomas Ruff’s jpeg series1.Ruff looked into the disclosure of the pixel grid when enlarging digital images. He has long been interested in reproduction and manipulation of digital images. His jpeg series works on digital images found on the ...

Visual Literacy: Thomas Hoepker 9/11 Photograph

According to Liu, the rapid advancement of science and technology is influencing significant transformation in human communication systems (1259). The visual element of communication is now being utilized widely with images, color, and other multimodal resources being used for more than entertainment and illustration (Harrison 46). Visual messages are being used to convey significant meaning (Liu 1259). The visual culture is becoming popular due to its ability to communicate instantly and universally via the Internet (Bamford 2). As such, people should be able to decode and interpret the various visual images that are exposed to them every day to ...

Introduction

The pollution in the highly urbanized areas allows the phenomenon called ‘greenhouse effect’ wherein the heat from the Sun is trapped on the land causing tremendous amounts of heat and leads to numerous issues such as the rise of temperature, drought, the melting of icebergs, and high evaporation of water. Unfortunately, the cities contribute to this effect, the use products containing CFC’s and the pollution of too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere leads to the destruction of the ozone layers. With the destruction of the atmospheric barrier, the excessive radiation from the sun cannot be prevented. In ...

Radiography can be defined as the science of making film records from X-rays, also known as radiographs of the human body’s internal anatomy, by exposing a film that has been sensitized to electromagnetic radiation to the body. It is with these photographs that a record is made out of the findings which are used for examination in the diagnostic processes (Hertrich, 2005). It was formally referred as ‘plain’ X-rays but was switched to the use of electromagnetic radiation because it is the suitable general term that covers the other types of medical imaging like ultrasound. Radiography is usually ...

It is a photo of Florence Owens Thompson and her children taken by one Dorothea Lange of the Farm Security Administration documentary. The migrant mother photograph as has become popularly known has been a perfect representation of the untold suffering of the average working American class that lived in the period of The Great Depression. The photo artist brings viewers of the photograph to the personal space of the subject of the picture Florence Thompson and her children. This enables the photo artist to highlight an issue of great concern in the society and one that needs immediate action. ...

Success in life is better enhanced when one has proper formal education that would hone skills that would better prepare students for their lives outside the school, both in the professional and the personal. In order to achieve that, students must learn the value of studying and how to do it right. Here are some effective tips on how to study!

Note Taking Method the Cornell Way

According to Professor Walter Pauk of the Cornell University, who also happens to be a successful author of the book How to Study in College, the Cornelll method of note taking will help students “systematically record, analyze, synthesize, ...

Image Analysis Paper

Figure 1: Parks, Gordon. "Washington D.C. Government Charwoman Cleaning after Regular Working Hours." Library of Congress Call No. LC-USF34- 013411-C [P&P]

Introduction

The photograph as shown above is shot by Gordon Parks in 1942, and is called ‘Washington D.C. Government Charwoman Cleaning after Regular Working Hours’ (Parks). The photograph is part of the collection ‘Ella Watson, U.S. Government Charwoman’ (Farm Security Administration).

Description

The photograph shows a woman mopping a floor in an office. The woman is black. She is wearing rimless spectacles, whose glasses are round. She is holding a mop with a long wooden handle in her hands, and ...

Produce the Pearson correlation matrix for all variables except the name of the printer. What are the two strongest relationships shown in the Pearson correlation matrix?

The correlation matrix is given in a table below ("Annotated SPSS Output: Correlation", 2016):

The strongest correlation coefficient is between Text Cost and Color Photo Cost (r=0.606, p=0.017). The next strongest correlation is between Price and Color Photo Time (r=-0.518, p=0.048). There is a strong positive linear relationship between Text Cost and Color Photo Cost. There is a strong negative relation between Price and Color Photo Time. These relationships are one we would expect, because lesser time spent on producing color photo usually costs higher. (b) If ...

Introduction

Chiaroscuro is important in artistic photography. Chiaroscuro heightens the dramatic presentation of the lone subjects in painting; thereby putting the audience attention on the central icon of the photograph. Originally, chiaroscuro was a technique used in the Renaissance period and even today to create the illusion of three-dimensional perspective and volume; by the Baroque period in the 17th centuries, the level of chiaroscuro emerged as one of the components of artistic presentation enabling images to mimic the real world setting. In photography, the discourse regarding to chiaroscuro has been left out; yet, it has been ubiquitously used by many ...

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1971-72 acrylic on gessoed canvas 100 x 90 in. (254 x 228.6 cm) Chuck Close is an artist known for such huge portraits in photorealistic style. Regarding his techniques, as he is working with a variety of drawing and painterly techniques, like printmaking, tapestry, and photography, in this painting John, he also refers to photography to make the painting. The hyper-realistic element is important to him so he uses mechanical elements to move the image to the canvas although working only using his sight ‘to achieve the intensely animate detail, sectioning off the reference photographs into grids and transferring ...

In presenting the news in an ethical manner, empirical evidence becomes a vital element. The profession of photojournalism is an integral part of the field of journalism, which responds to this demand for empirical evidence through its very nature. It is not only responsible for bringing important moral issues to light but, in a time where secrecy and covert deeds have taken precedence over openness, it provides a level of perspective regarding the events that occur throughout the world. In assessing the perspectives of professionals in the field as well as various other thinkers and experts it becomes evident ...

Shomei Tomatsu’s black and white untitled photograph attempts to tell the audience the horrific repercussions of the Second World War II especially on the human life. On this picture, the photographer depicted a man emerging from the shadows, his face covered with wrinkled skin the rest of his face was hidden from plain sight but from the looks of his face, the audience can tell how great the damage brought by the atomic bomb blast on his face. The nuclear attack which destroyed nearly half of his face managed to create a large keloid scar on the right ...

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What is one of the major goals of art? Art reflects the society and a battle between the external world and the human inward. For instance, fashion is much more than just clothes; it is a reflection of a person through the prism of his mental world, knowledge, and emotion, and, what is more important, a way of communication. And photography, in turn, is also much more than just beautiful, or strange pictures. Given the subjective nature of its creation, what do photographs offer the viewer? Photography challenges the audience to search for truth, “in a fragmented, ...

For the purpose of the media analysis, one of the most iconic images or photographs in the history of world civilization has been chosen. The original photograph was taken by Alberto Korda on March 5, 1960, at the memorial service of the victims of an explosion. It came in the public domain soon after it was taken by the photographer. The picture titled, “Guerrillero Heroico” is that of the iconic revolutionary figure, Che Guevara, who can also be deemed as one of most famous persons in the history of the human society. The particular image in context is an ...

The black and white photographs selected for evaluation in the essay is from the Howard Greenberg Gallery, 41 East 57th street Suite 1406, New York and Yosso Milo Gallery, 45th Tenth Avenue, New York. The photographers are Willis Hartshorn Howard and Ken Schles. The objective of the paper is to evaluate how successful is black and white photography in making an impact on the audience, despite the lack of colors. There are some excellent examples of black-and-white photography regarding composition, lighting, and perspective.

Sleeping Passengers in the Terminal Waiting Room, 1947

The work is a part of an exhibition - A Democracy of Imagery, which is a ...

As a self-taught photographer Samuel Bourne has given the world a view of India that is as prolific and beautiful. His photographs are an example of the true photography artistry and the photos remain a gem even in this time. The history of the mutiny in India against the British dominance is captured in a way of contrast between the old and the new. Bourne is centered at the period of disruption in the Indian lifestyle and portrays both the good and the racially charged emotions of the times. Bourne shot his photographs in the 1850 and 1860’s ...

Abstract

The Farm Security Administration (FSA) was established to address chronic rural poverty during the Great Depression in the US. A string of known and unknown artists was hired by the organization to capture the images of poverty and lives of rural farmers, with the hope of garnering support for them. The essay describes FSA briefly and then goes on to select a social documentary photograph from an FSA photographer. It evaluates the photograph and how successful it is in expressing the hardships faced by countless rural farmers and migrants during the 1930s. The essay discusses the selected photographer Dorothea ...

The cultural event features some of the contemporary post-modernism artworks created by various artists. In this exhibit, the pictures present an interesting backdrop that attempts to illustrate the art of the 21st century. The first picture in the exhibit was Amber Garceau’s Dancer (see fig. 1), a photograph that depicts a man in the actual performance of dancing mid-air. The outlines of the right foot indicates the fast movement, the light shining from below creates the chiaroscuro and the shadows that emphasize the dancing male form. The random movement of dancing mid-air is truly a wonderful rendition on ...

The Assata autobiography depicts and portrays the life Chesimard now going by the name Assata Shakur and the plight she has undergone throughout her life. Assata is a black revolutionary who has found residence in Cuba after she escaped to seek political asylum. The autobiography enlightens on disturbing stories that are at the same time inspiring from the time Assata faces arrest to the time she flees to Cuba. The Cuban government gives her a stipend, Internet access, a home, food, and gas (Wood) The Assata autobiography captures intriguing themes, but the theme that vividly occurs from the beginning ...

Sarah Anne Johnson’s photography exhibit embodies the tranquil landscapes, beautiful color contrasts, kaleidoscope colors, and unworldly setting. The majority of her prints still retain the realistic aspect of her subjects. For example, photograph titled Adventure created in 2015 consists of polychromatic pigments of light violet, green, and golden yellow but these colors are implied and blurred. The Yellow Dinosaur which is a man-made swimming pool within the forest. The colors in this photo are polychrome which gives it depth and realistic appearance despite being a photograph. Another image from the collection called Pink Forest was a photograph combined ...

The case of the murder of Hae Min Lee has seen a resurgence of interest summoned by the addictive podcast Serial. The facts and evidence in this case have been combed through extensively since. Despite the obvious instability surrounding star witness Jay Wilds’ malleable testimony, Adnan Syed was convicted of first-degree murder and given a life sentence. The evaluation of this evidence shows that Adnan Syed did not murder Hae Min Lee, and should have never been convicted. Syed’s innocence has manifested itself in several ways, specifically with the theory of reinforcement and memory binding through emotional arousal, ...

Today, the name James Welling is famous due to his skill in photography. However, it turns out that this finest American photographer did not really have a background on photography. A native of Hartford, Connecticut, he was born in 1951 and spent a lot of his childhood near the border of Simsbury. His interest in art was honed in 1963; together with his friend, Julie Post, he pursued to become an artist. By 1965, he enrolled in one of Hartford’s finest arts schools, the Wadsworth Atheneum where he began his first attempt in painting using watercolor pigments as ...

Iwojima Statue by Felix W DeWeldon

Introduction: The Iwo Jima Statue, also known as the United States Marine Corps War Memorial, was unveiled in 1954, almost ten years after the end of WWII. In describing the piece of art, it is evident that there are a variety of elements that are used in order to establish an organic sense of motion. This motion moves form the Earth to the sky as the soldiers raise up the flag. The creation of the piece seems to have been done in order to elicit an emotional response in the viewer. The artist is successful in his attempt to ...

Popanth: Hot buttered Humanity

The website Popanth: Hot Buttered Humanity uses anthropological ideas to describe and explain aspects of contemporary human behavior (htpp// popanth.com/). The website is divided into four sections that more or less correspond to the traditional four fields of anthropology: contemporary culture, archeology, language and communication and human body. Each section presents articles that are equivalent to about two pages. The articles include a side bar on the author that features a photograph, university affiliations, and a brief biography. For the non-anthropologist, having a photograph of the author and a small amount of information puts a human face behind the ...

Background information

The advancement of information and technology has led to a significant revolution in the banking industry through the development of automated teller machines (ATM). These machines allows customers to carry out functions such as deposit of cash, withdrawal of money and securing statement of accounts. To access an ATM service, customers must have ATM cards. The respective financial institutions issue these payment cards to their customers to increase service efficiency and effectiveness (Narteh, 2013). Conventionally, customers could make long queues as they carry financial transactions from tellers. In today’s business world, ATM cards have made it possible to ...

Figure 1: Vehicle assembly plant (Source: Library of Congress, 1923)

Identification of the photograph

The photo selected shows a vehicle assembly plant. It is a digital image retrieved from the Library of Congress image gallery created on May 7, 1923. The photograph acts as a good representation of the impact of the industrial revolution to the Americans. The selection of the photo was based on its importance in revealing the readiness of the American people to practice innovations and promote growth in the process of industrialization. The United States ranks the top position regarding industrialization because of the ability of the country to ...

Intructor’s name:

The photograph made by Donna Ferrato during the workshop with Karen Kuehn exudes power and energy which is transmitted through an attractive female body. There are not many shapes to be seen in this photograph, but it is still very powerful and makes it exciting for observing. The five senses are provoked by the intensity of the photo, by the sight, hear, taste, smell and touch.The model is standing under the chandelier which is located in a farmhouse dates from the 18th century. The style of the chamber is in accordance with this time period and the overall atmosphere ...

Canon Doyle’s version of characterization is entwined with social issues, especially with regards to relationships. The time and the context of Doyle’s stories gives a critical, yet contrasting relationship developed between male and female partners. Thus, the concept of sexually comes in, and Doyle is keen to express this concept through his stories involving Sherlock Holmes and his acquaintances. However, this concept would hold a different social paradigm in the modern society, as Sherlock’s nature would be interpreted otherwise. Asexuality is defined in Sherlock’s stories as lack of taste, mood, or interest in women and ...

1. Introduction It is difficult to limit a discussion of Alfred Stieglitz to just one profession, let alone just one artistic movement within the field of photography. He is one of the main figures in the art world in the first half of the twentieth century. In addition to his work with images, he was also an editor, collector, speaker, art dealer, gallery owner – and the husband and publicist of the painter Georgia O’Keeffe. Overall, though, he was the premier photographer of the first half of the twentieth century in the United States. However, the main thrust of ...

Introduction

Photography is an important aspect used to represent an idea or history of a certain event. Photographs are currently used as a store of history for people and communities in the world. In the society, technological revolution has led to the invention of smart phones with powerful cameras used in photography. Photographs help in the remembrance of past events by keeping memories that cannot be altered. For instance, photography is used in the current society to understand past events such as World War I, World War II, and the American Revolution among many other past historic events in the ...

Abstract

Use of photography as a medium of propaganda has been a much-debated subject. After all, the term propaganda holds a negative implication to it. A photographic image cannot literally say anything and are expected to communicate authentic information. Still, under the influence of the intention and propaganda, many argue that photographs often give inaccurate representations. The essay discusses the subject of the use of photography for propaganda and their ability to be manipulated. Democratic and authoritarian governments alike have exploited the potential of photography and used the camera as a tool to portray situation the way they want to ...

Photography Composition & Motion Pictures

Photographic Composition. Photographic composition plays a major role in the viewer`s interaction with the photograph. The main elements of the composition are the balance, the color and the symmetry. Achieving a visual balance using the right elements and tools is the ultimate goal. After all, the eyes are our judges that have the final call. Visual weights and directions are crucial; they are the main factors in every photograph. Utilizing a mixture of symmetrical and asymmetrical elements along with highlighting important parts with contrast for example, will prevent the viewer form losing focus and make sure that he ...

(Professor/ Instructor) (College/Institute)

The historical connection of a photograph and its contribution to deterring criminality has its roots to the beginnings of the development of the photograph itself. With the first “technologically viable photographic technique” developed in 1839, the following year saw the potential for this technology to fight criminality was recognized. By the mid-1850s, police in the United Kingdom and in France were taking pictures of convicts to avert any possible escapes of these individuals as well as record instances of reoffending. In the late 1940s, an enterprising police superintendent proffered the possibility of allowing the police to ...

Berenice Abbott

Q1. The view of Seventh Avenue comes across as artistic since the photograph carries several elements of artistic expression in images. Among the elements, texture is captured through the angle chosen, where the contours made by the buildings represent the diversity of the city. Light use is artistic, with the street surface being lighter, thus easily marking it out (Sonnentaga, Hufkens, and Teshera-Sternea, 165). This perspective of the city would thrill a New Yorker, by giving them a perspective of the city from above the ground. Q2. Abbot means photography that attempts to be as representative as possible to ...

Art & architecture

Martin Parr is a British documentary photographer who is well known for his direct photographic style. He is much appreciated for his way of tackling subjects of bad taste with a wit and irony. He has been collecting boring postcards for over two decades1 that have been reproduced straight and compiled them in a photobook, which was the method used by photographers to show their work. Those postcards of boring places are shot in Britain and lack any point of interest and are narrative, carrying no text. What makes the photographic images compelling is the resultant collection that sheds ...