PHOTO CONTEXT & HISTORY (Ongoing)

Terms

CAMERA OBSCURA
 Latin for "dark chamber"

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

LIGHT REFRACTION:

ISO
The sensitivity of the film or sensor in the camera.


FOREGROUND
The part of the photograph that is nearest the viewer.

MIDDLE GROUND
The distance between the two extremes if fore- and middle ground.

BACKGROUND
The area in a photograph that is the farthest from the viewer. (Distance)
HISTORY & ARTISTS:

JOSEPH NICEPHORE NIEPCE

Made the first photograph in 1826-1827.

The exposure time was approx. EIGHT hours.

French.

View from the window at Le Gras, France 1826-1827

FIRST PHOTO OF A PERSON - 1838

By Louis Daguerre (Daguerreotype)

Boulevard du Temple, Paris, France


FIRST "SELFIE"
Robert Cornelius. 1839
Amateur chemist & photography enthusiast.
Philadelphia



MATHEW BRADY
Civil War photographer.
1860's
One of the first events where the public saw casualties of war printed in newspapers.

EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE

1830-1904

English

Pioneer in photographing motion.

Created the zoopraxiscope (1879)

JULIA MATGARET CAMERON

1815-1879

Known for soft focus and 'painterly' quality of her images.

Was panned as not serious enough as a photographer.

Accepted by painters (Pre-Raphaelites) more than photographers.

Close-cropped portraits are inspiration for photographers today.