Creative Visions Photography

Early Landscape photography used the same principles as painters in order to create pieces of art. Before the 18th Century, artists used landscapes as backdrops and as a frame for the principal subject. Towards the later part of the century, however, artists such as Nicolas Poussin started to romanticize the environment, instead using it as a principle subject in paintings.

Alex Kotlowitz met Lafeyette and Pharoah Rivers in 1985 while working as a journalist. He was interviewing them for a photo essay in Chicago magazine on children living in poverty. The violence that occurred every day where the brothers lived in Governor Henry Horner Homes, or Horner, disturbed Kotlowitz. Lafeyette and Pharoah are 12 and 9 years old at the start of the book but have experienced more than many kids their age. The boys did not seem sure of what life held for them. Lafeyette told Kotlowitz, “If I grow up, I’d like to be a bus driver,” Lafeyette was not sure that he would grow up at just 10 years old (x). Kotlowitz wanted to show what it is like for children growing up in urban poverty after seeing the brothers’

And for the other half of the assignment, in this part I choose contemporary photographer Sheila Pree Bright. The reason I selected Sheila Pree Bright is largely her work, which not only was amazing but also portraying wide ranges of contemporary society and its flaws. Moreover, she seems to found a way to show what Generation Y’s view on society look like as if it were a documentary kind of like the photos of Dorothea Lange. Therefore, the next paragraph I will talk about, her works and what are my thoughts on them.

Born in 1961 in rural London and raised in Australia Adam Fuss is a prolific photographer with a keen eye for nature. His interest first begun through the documentation of the natural environment using photography as his medium. However, it wasn’t long until Fuss began using less contemporary photographic methods to document his unique view on the world. Leaving the camera behind entirely he takes a contemporary approach on the earliest techniques known to photography – from daguerreotype to the photogram. The photogram “Love” is a life-sized colour contact print using light sensitive photographic paper with the “contents” acting as a barrier between the light source and the paper. In this image the “contents” are two slaughtered rabbits which

Sarah Pratt Photography is a photography studio that is located in Boston, Massachusetts. Sarah Pratt Photography specializes in family photography and children photography. Their photos have been published by the Tufts Medical Center, Lifespan, Rhode Island Hospital, Newport Hospital, The Miriam Hospital, and Hasbro Children’s Hospital. Sarah Pratt’s works have also been displayed in McDonald’s throughout the entire South Eastern Massachusetts to promote the Ronald McDonald House Charities’ causes.

The Freer Dagger, called such because it currently resides in the collection of the Freer Gallery, is an example of the finely crafted arms and armory created in the Islamic world throughout history. (Fig 1) However, despite it taking the form of a weapon, the construction, materials, and decoration of this dagger suggests that it was most likely not used for combat purposes, but instead served primarily as a symbolic accessory, or a form of protective amulet.

Chuck close was not always like this.He was not always paralyzed from the neck down,and not always in a wheelchair,he was born like any other average child but he was not always focused in school because he was diagnosed with dyslexia around the time he was born.

Couples usually take engagement photos to share the great news with family and friends. Whether the reason is to practice taking photos with a professional photographer before the big day or creating "save-the-date" engagement announcements, there is a deeper meaningful purpose of having engagement photos taken. The couple, as well as their close ones, may acknowledge viewing the photographs twenty years after having them taken. An engagement is a memorable chapter in a couple’s life next to the big wedding day, the birth of their children, etc. Reliving great memories through photos brings happiness to countless people. Not only are people able to enjoy these photos, but future familial generations get to identify who they came from. This article shares Grand Lens Photography’s top three tips for showing your personality in engagement photos.

In our Unit 2 reading, it explains the art of photography and how it has really complimented paintings an artwork from painters such as Paul Delaroche. As many artists thought that “arts of painting” and “arts of photography” would leave little room for the creative representations painters and photographers provide. However, it turned out that Delaroche and many other were wrong and paintings and photos still thrive.

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Lifestyle photography is exactly what it sounds like - it's photographs depicting someone's lifestyle. Oftentimes you will find these pictures capture a family cooking in the kitchen, a couple watching a movie, or friends enjoying their time at the park. This style of photography is designed to take the everyday activities that we all take part in and make them seem grander and more opulent than we typically find them to be. This style of photography has actually become very popular among commercial photographers who take photographs for companies to market their products. Lifestyle photography is also great for creating more spontaneous and natural photographs of couples, weddings, kids, and

Pictorialism was a movement begun against naturalism and snapshot photography. The idea was the subject is not as important as the overall effect or mood of the finished image The goal was to make a photograph that seemed more like an oil painting or other recognizable fine art when finished. The subject and details were

Photography is a very interesting career choice. It can take people to places they only ever dreamt of going. Although it is a lot of fun, it is also a lot of work. There is many different types of equipment, lighting, cameras, and photographers. You must learn about it all in order to choose the perfect type of photography you want to do. Photography, is not just about capturing photos of objects, it is about how photographers see the world. Being a photographer, there are many responsibilities you must have. For starters, photographers have to be able to market and/or advertis. This will help them to attract customers or clients. On top of being able to market and advertise, they must also be able to analyze and plan compositions of

Documentary photography is a vibrant extension of general photojournalism. It is a tree with roots immersed in professional reportage, but branches spreading to art and expression of various forms. While the more serious photojournalism seeks to convey pertinent anecdotes about the world around us, through visual depiction; documentary photography aims to experiment with creativity and innovation at a more extensive scale. In other words, documentary photography is to photojournalism, as creative writing is to news reporting. This modern and diversified form of art originated from events such as the American Civil War and the South African Apartheid, and steadily evolved into a key platform for arousing public response regarding significant global issues.

Being in the right place at the right time'; 'the decisive moment'; 'getting in close' - in the popular imagination this is photography at its best, a medium that makes viewers eyewitnesses to the moments when history is made. Just how good is photography at making sense of what it records? Is getting in close always better than standing back, and how decisive are the moments that photographers risk their necks to capture?