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    was working with the FSA. This is where his style of photographing the lives of people who were suffering came into play. But, the most important years of his life were when he photographed events from World War II for Life magazine. Most of Mydans images are in black and white due to the time period, and they express the subject’s emotions tremendously. Altogether, Carl Mydans

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    first lifestyle and portrait sessions, I learned more about the type of photography I am truly interested in capturing and have started to specialize in lifestyle, headshot, and event photography. Bold Photography has grown farther than I every could images, and because of the talent I have been blessed with I have been able to capture photos for the cover of magazines and at some of the most

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    be at a crossroads in modern society?Photojournalism is said to be at crossroads in modern society because photography can be easily edited in different ways which makes people wonder if the photo is real or if the photographer took away from the image. 2. What is an overview shot? Why do photojournalists use this type of photograph? An overview shot is when the viewer can have an overall view of what is happening and photojournalists use this to make it easy for viewers to see what is going on in

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    The Influence Of Realism In 19th Century Photography Through research of 19th century photography and Realism this paper will set out to prove that the realism movement helped influence photography. It will do this by going in to detail what Realism is, how 19th century photography worked, and how they are similar and different. This will be show further with an example of both a painting during the Realism movement as well and a 19th century photography to explain in more details what each of these

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    They both documented the social conditions of their times. Same reasons for exposing social conditions to the viewers, different eras. Thomson had to ask his subjects if he could take pictures of them because it would require for the subject to pose for the picture (pictures were taken in London). While Davidson will ask for permission to take pictures of his subjects because he wanted to take their picture in their environment not just outside but inside their houses, kind of intruding on their

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    There are a number of genres in the photography industry. Ones that are the most popular and mainstream are considered as portrait photography while surrealism photography is another interesting genre. These two genres have specific features and characteristics which allow the photographers working in these genres to deliver and convey the subject meaning they wanted. Portrait photography Portrait photography is a type of photograph combing the use of lighting, composition, backdrops and postures

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    bring light to subjects that are often overlooked in an effort to help raise awareness. He works hard to capture the right image to show the viewers exactly what message he is trying to convey. Sebastiao Salgado’s photos are all very powerful, they raise awareness, and his photos benefit the viewer as well as the subjects in the images. Sebastiao Salgado captures images of his subjects that are extremely powerful to the viewer. In general, all of his photos are in black and white to enhance the

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    photographers’ styles have evolved. The art of photography seems very simple today, all that is needed is a small device in one’s pocket, but 200 years ago that was not the case. Merriam-Webster defines photography as, “the art or process of producing images on a sensitive surface by the action of light” (Merriam- Webster 480). This process took a lot of steps to be discovered. As

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    “The camera makes you forget you're there. It's not like you are hiding, but you forget, you are just looking so much.”-Annie Leibovitz. American portrait photographer Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz was born on October 2, 1949 in Waterbury, Connecticut. In 1970 she applied for a job at Rolling Stone magazine, she was accepted and she became a staff photographer and within a span of 2 years she became the chief photographer of Rolling Stone magazine. In 1983 Annie started working for the great Vanity

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    Freyer's T-4 Photography

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    The T-4 Super camera and 50 photographs that Freyer took himself was an additional listing. As described by Freyer, this was a very useful and quality camera for its time. The description of the camera and experiences Freyer had with it are subjective. Freyer talks about how much he felt this camera was great, so he convinced his friends to buy it and anyone he knew. Freyer also reference paid photographers who used this camera for their professional work. He explains that he took the camera

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