PHOTO CONTEXT & HISTORY (ongoing)

TERMS

Camera Obscura= latin for "dark chamber."
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EXPOSURE TRIANGLE
APERTURE= an opening into the camera (through the lens)
SHUTTER= a mechanism that opens and closes to let light in
ISO= The sensitivity of the film/image sensor

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FOREGROUND: 
The part of a photograph that is closest to the camera





HISTORY & ARTISTS
JOSEPH NICEPHORE NIEPCE
made the worlds first photograph in 1827
The exposer time for the photo took 8 hours
FRENCH.
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View from the window at LE Gras. 1826/27

 FIRST PHOTO OF A PERSON - 1838
by Louis Daguerre (Daguerreotype)
Boulevard du Temple, Paris, France.
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LIGHT REFRACTION:

 ABSENT 

 APERTURE= an opening into the camera through the lens.
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 MATHEW BRADY
Civil war photographer 
1860's
One of the first events where the public saw casualties of war printer in newspapers
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EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE
1830-1904
English
Pioneer in photographing potion
Created the zoopraxiscope (1879)
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The Gallop
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JULIA MARGARET CAMERON
1815-1879
known for soft focus and "painterly" quality of her images.
was panned as not serious enough as a photographer.
Accepted more by painters (pre-Raphaelites) more than photographers.
Close-cropped portraits are still inspiration for photographers today.

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