What is
photography’s “true genius”?
Mainly
photography is able to intrigue us by showing the secret strangeness that lies
between the world of appearances. In almost 200 years photography has delighted
us, served us, moved us, outraged us and occasionally dissapointed us.
Name a
proto-photographer.
Henry
Fox Talbot
In the
19th century, what
term was associated with the
daguerreotype?
Mirror
with a memory
What is
the vernacular?
Genre
of photography that contains journalistic, touristic, scientific, forensic
photography, insurance records, court documents, passport photographs,
postcards, boxing match records, all uses of photography, except art.
How do
you “Fix the Shadows”?
Stoping
picture from dissappearing, overexposing, creating a permanent image, that was
impossible up until 1839.
What is
the “carte de visite”?
Small
photograph – a portrait – one of 8 in the sequence, shot wit camera with 8
lenses for commercial purposes.Type of photography introduced by frenchman
Disderi. Smaller then postcard.
Who was
Nadar and why was he so successful?
Gaspard-Felix Tounachon,
french photographer, who revolutionised the world of portrait photography. He
photographs up amd coming stars of Paris, but he is not setting up those
scenes, except of the plain background, he takes pictures in his daylight
studio – without any decotations, so his portraits are revolutionary natural,
there is nothing to indicate what a profession is.
What is pictorialism?
„Serious“ art-photography, opposite to vernacular. Mean, moody, magnificent. People tried to establish photography as a branch of fine arts. Uzually manipulated, arrranged.
„Serious“ art-photography, opposite to vernacular. Mean, moody, magnificent. People tried to establish photography as a branch of fine arts. Uzually manipulated, arrranged.
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