Essays on Photography

The role of women in the society has been a subject of interest especially following the emergence of feminism that targets to empower woman across the globe. The female body has been the center of debate throughout history with different cultures presenting varied opinions on the way a woman should...

Momeni, Mina. “Agony in Photography” The Influence of Misery in Photographs, 2017, http://www.minamomeni.com/agony-in-photography.html In this article, Mina focuses on the agony in photographs. She points out that photographers try as much as they can to depict the truth as it is on the ground (Mina, par.1). In documentaries, for instance, they...

Digital photography and its impact Digital photography has immensely changed the world and the way photography is viewed. The traditional photograph did not have a significant impact as the digital one because of the great capabilities ingrained in it especially in promoting the quality of images. There has also been increased...

Photography, from its beginnings, has been identified by its versatility. It has also taken a role in consent technological innovations resulting into enormous differences in the attributes of an image attributes. This approach began with daguerreotypes to the printed versions from the negative and progressed to plate glass film and...

The neutral colors and implied texture The neutral colors (white, gray, and black), in the photograph titled ‘Migration of drought refugees to California’ by Dorothea Lange taken in the year 1935 (https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/images/wcf089.jpg), functions perfectly within the work of art by not only telling us the level of technological advancement in photography...

Born in 1902 and died in April 1984, Ansel Easton Adams is an American environmentalist and photographer and initiator of Group f/64 which comprised of other photographers. Adams, in turn, remains one of the renowned Americans due to his work in national park service which influenced his artistry and vice...

Photography has evolved over the years mainly due to technological advancements that have resulted in superior photography equipment and enabled photographers to be more creative with images. Despite these changes, the role of photography in society remains largely unchanged. Photographs serve as documentary evidence of events or occurrences. They can...

A permanent record of the state of the mishap and crime scene is created by forensic photography. shooters who investigate using forensic techniques are known as forensic, crime scene, or evidence shooters. Producing accurate, transparent, and objective images that can be used in court is the primary aim of a...

The article on Cultural Capital The article by Lizardo and Skiles examines cultural capital via the lens of photographic material consumption. It is defined as an aesthetic disposition or the ability to perceive attractively objects and styles from a variety of areas that may or may not be related with fine...

The Daguerreotype photo process was devised during this time period by Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, a French citizen, and announced later that year by Dominique-Francois-Argo of the French Academy of Science. This represented the dawn of photography, and all subsequent technology was based on this camera prototype (Timeline Technology). It...

I m always drawn to turquoise. I have been fixating on anything with any turquoise hue for a very long time. In my senior year of high school, I came to appreciate turquoise after seeing a photo of the sea encircling the Pacific Ocean s white sand beaches. I took...

Photography documentation is a common term for a type of photography that is used to record settings and occasions that are important and applicable to both historical and contemporary life. It is obvious that varied crime sites will always contain evidence. The realm of evidence can also benefit significantly from...