photography

PHOTOGRAPHYArt with Power

History In Greek means “drawing with light” Dates back to 1826 Art and science of creating durable

images by capturing light Can be processed on paper using a

light-sensitive surface Can also be digitally saved using pixels

The Beginnings

Black and White Photography

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“View from the Window at Le Gras”Nicephore NiepceFirst documented photograph 1826 using a camera obscura

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•“Boulevard du Temp”•Louis Daguerre•First documented picture of people•1838

Important Photographers Ansel Adams – American; best known for his black

and white photographs of the American West

Dorothea Lange – American; photojournalist famous

for photographs of the Great Depression

Tom Chambers – contemporary photographer

accredited for showing unspoken stories

Andy Goldsworthy – creates artwork in nature using

only materials he finds on location

Ansel AdamsAmerican black and white photographer

Known for pictures of landscapes and nature

Dorothea Lange

Photojournalism documented the “hard times” of the Great Depression in the 1930s

Tom Chambers

Modern photographs that show unnatural situations, often telling a story in pictures

Andy Goldsworthy

Uses only materials found in nature to create artwork, photographs are evidence

What can photography show? Beautiful nature Geography History Emotions Stories Capture a memory News

What makes a photo look good?

What makes a good story?

A thousand words…