Dakotah Alexander 3/17/14 Physics Career As my physics occupation, I have selected Photography

For this essay the works of Robert Draper, author of “Why Photos Matter,” and Fred Ritchen, author of “Photography Changes the Way News is Reported,” will be analyzed. Though both deal with the topic of photography, their take on the matter is very different. While Ritchen is a photographer who writes on “what professional photographers will be doing in the future,” Draper is a writer for the National Geographic writing on how the photographers of the magazine share “a hunger for the unknown.” Both writers, however, write on the topic of photographers having a deeper understanding of their subjects, Ritchen due to research and practice, and Draper because the photographers “sit [with] their subjects, just listening to them.” In both essays the need for a deeper understanding of the

Photography courses are designed to prepare students to work in different positions and environments. Therefore, students will be ready to face real life challenges once they enter the job market.

Throughout photographic history, the threshold that many artists had to overcome was conveying the meaning of their photographs to the public if any at all, and the orientation of the subjects in their photography. The intent of portrait photography is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the subject. Nineteenth century photo historian Alan Trachtenberg notes, “Aspiring professionals wrestled with the problem: how to arrange their sitters and manipulate the often fickle medium to produce not just a picture but a pleasing one--not just a likeness but a portrait”(Trachtenberg, 24). Through these words of Trachtenberg, we can deduce that the main problem was how photographers manipulate their subjects in a way that would

Photography has a rich history, and I engage my students to research the photographers of the past as well as the contemporary scene as part of their learning. An understanding of the history of photography and contemporary practice inspires them to refine their artistic goals and to articulate their own ideas. Students are also encouraged to experiment with different techniques and to challenge themselves on a variety of subject matters.

It took a long time for me to come up with any ideas for my pictures. The first inspiration that struck when I was trying to find

She also discusses the social importance of photography. “In becoming a marker in an elite status, fine art photography has created aesthetic boundaries that separate it from popular forms of symbolic communication.”(Schwartz,

After summarizing the content of this book, an in-depth research of some photographers from chapter five Intimate Life will be discussed.

According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are about 143,000 photographers in the U.S., professional and nonprofessional. With such a variety of photography styles, photographs are individualized and personalized to own standards and expectations, making each and everyone’s picture unique. Arts come in many different forms; music, photography, painting, and more. With hundreds of arts schools around the U.S., many artists seek a college education. To become a photographer, one would have to have the appropriate training and education, have the skill and creativity needed, and be knowledgeable about the career.

Current attitudes recognize the beauty and artistry in these objects and make the initial categories of classification obsolete. The objects are now all grouped together as ‘Human Form in Art’. They display enormous diversity in materials, techniques, function, beliefs, and notions of beauty. While people of a century or more ago would have viewed such figures and forms in a divisive way, they may now be seen to highlight the shared humanity of the cultures represented. Because art is a means of communicating human experiences, human bodies are naturally depicted. In numerous cultures, human forms are found on functional everyday objects, illustrated in decorative ways, used for religious and ritual purposes, or produced to reinforce notions of the ideal form, but is it the same for a photography?

This paper will help give insights to those that don’t know photography so they can hear from an artist perspective about the most significant aspect of photography which is documentary photography. When you think about photography, most think of landscape, commercial, and fine arts photography. But they fail to know that with photography it takes documenting the things captured for those other particular aspects of photography. In addition, photography, consisting of creativity, composition, and technical competency is an art that allow individuals to capture moments that are not visible to those who lack a sense of photographic perspective but this mostly is towards

　　In the essay “On Photography” written in the 1970’s, author Susan Sontag states that “photographs really are experience captured” and the camera helps us put ourselves into the relation of the photographs. The practice of photography gives us assurance by its accurate relation to reality than any other devices. Sontag sets many insights that still exist in today’s photographic society, but it has been modernized into our generation of photographic technology.

The typical day of a photographer is quit diverse. In a typical day photographer photographs subjects or news worthy events, using still cameras –such as a family, person, animal, wedding, graduation, birthday, place, or other object. They determine desired images and picture composition, such as when a customer wants blemishes removed. Their cameras need to be adjusted on a regular basis. They are constantly creating artificial lights and backgrounds to reach the desired effect of the customer. If using a camera that contains film they must have the film processed. Hours are spent going through hundreds of photos to select the best photo(s). They also use computer software to adjust and enhance the images. (Institute, Typical Day, 2011)

Through her essay, Linfield acknowledges the beauty that comes out in Natchwey pictures. She acknowledges the qualities of

Curiosity drives my practice as I constantly seek to strengthen my connections and heighten my knowledge. I use the whole experience of creating a photograph, both analog and digital processes, as a set of tools to unravel and reconstruct concepts that I don’t already understand fully.

Being a photographer takes more effort than someone might think. They need to have the correct training, and adequate education. Employers look for photographers who are also imaginative and creative. Those in entry-level jobs learn how to set up the lights, cameras, and other equipment. They may receive many different assignments involving camera adjustments or decisions on what kind of subject