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Photography in The Memory Keeper’s Daughter Famous fashion designer and photographer, Karl Lagerfeld, once pointed out that the best thing about photography is that, “[photographs] capture a moment that is gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” This quote embodies the thoughts of Dr. David Henry throughout The Memory Keeper’s Daughter. Photographs are a symbol of the doctor’s hidden love for his family members. The subject of photography is a valuable symbol throughout the book. Dr. Henry got

Have you ever noticed that in 19th century photography the images captured through a lense developed black and white images that were mostly distorted and hard to understand? If people were captured through a lense they were usually not smiling, it was an odd period for photography. Photography has always been a contentious fine art used by artists to capture art. Concerns have been raised to whether photography should be considered an art or a science, since both are incorporated to create

light”. Forms of radiant energy like x-rays, or light is used to document a thing or landscape on a light-sensitive surface when a photograph is made. Photographs in the early days were called sun picture because direct sunlight was used to create an image in the pictures. We, mankind, are the creators of photography since caveman paintings about 20,000 years ago. With this phenomenal invention, we can record anything with exact detail within half a second as opposed to a talented artist who would take

corroborate other materials. This is especially true when examining the documentation of the counterculture in the 1960s. A book called Hippie compiled by Barry Miles offers a composite portrait of hippies in America in the 1960s, contextualized with other images from other key events outside of the realm of the

Chuck Close is a contemporary artist, known for painting monumental heads. For his subjects, Close used portraits drawn of himself, his family members, friends, and fellow artists. He chose this selective group of people because they just regular ordinary folks. He felt that if he used celebrity as subject matter, this would only distract from appreciating the beauty of his work. In addition all his portraits are title using only the first names. Close explored the concept of visual language

keep up with technologically growing public. This can be seen as a good thing in a way. With the growing population of amerture photographers, it forces you to be creative and create work no one else could think of. If you want people to buy your images, make creative work to beat all elses. No one wants those basic family portraits that all look the same, create something new and exceptional so people want to hire you to take pictures for

Following along with my nocturnal routine, I scroll past digital photos people feel important enough to put on display for the rest of us. Strategically placed untouched meals, someone’s face, professional photo of a dog, photo of a physical photo of what appears to be an 80s-teenage bedroom, promotion for the new Shins album I have already preordered, professional photo of a dog. I return to the photo of the 80's teen. The caption reads “OK but look @ my mom’s 1980's bedroom #tbt.” Although I find

Pictures hold memories; our pasts, the moments we want hidden, the moments we want to keep alive-- photography is indiscriminate. I cannot write a memoir on my early life with an accompanying picture, I do not even own one. It was not a lack of cameras, on the contrary, every singular moment of my early life was dominated by the obnoxious flashy lights. There are over 200 pictures of me that I know of, and many more that have yet to cross my path, however, the few I do know of are kept, under lock

Technology has made me a cynic. With advances like CGI and even simple Photoshop we have come to know that seeing isn't necessarily believing. our eyes can be fooled. Things are not, we have come to believe, what we see them to be. Models are airbrushed movies are enhanced, photos will fool us. When I've looked at epicures of the Irish countryside, I've always assumed that the pictures have been altered. they've been enhanced somehow. grass and hills simply are not that vibrant a green. And

A Potteries Education On 18th April 1894, to celebrate the inauguration of the school the Governors of The Hanley Higher Grade School, awarded a scholarship to twelve-year-old Charles Vyse. During the following year, he gained a further scholarship, which guaranteed him an additional year’s education. In the autumn of 1894, Charles Vyse enrolled at Hanley School of Art to attend evening classes. All the Potteries Art Schools owed their allegiance to, and dedicated their pupils to the service of the