Genius of Photography- part 1

What is a photography’s “true genius”?

”capturing the evanescence moment”

Name a proto-photographer?

Henry Fox Talbot ?

In the 19th century, what term was associated with the daguerreotype?

mirror with a memory, light reflect back through an image, people look like they are on the edge of being present. instead of paper based process, Daguerreotypes are mirrored metal plate, and unlike Talbot negative positive process, he made one off images like a Polaroid,

how do you “fix the shadow”?

(it was discovered that certain chemicals were light sensitive; sliver salts, silver nitrate, sliver chloride reacted to light, the image would go black however, because they didn’t fix the image for more than a few moments. it was Talbot who started experimenting with paper and silver salts,shoe boxed sized cameras “mousetraps”. this produced images of the “ghosted mirrored world”. by achieving this, it is lateral reversed as are  tones, which means when another photographic sheet of paper sandwiched it, a print is produced.)

what is the “carte de visite”?

a type of photography patterned by a French man called Desiree 1854 as you stood for your portraiture, your image was captured 8 times, as the camera had 8 lenses. (in the space of a few minutes) this turned photography into a new industry.

who was Nadar and why was he so successful?

(understood “natural expressions” in front of the camera) he uses the name “nadar” as a copyright name, an expression, to stand out, ‘like his hair’. Red is a bold colour. he was successful because – he photographed up and coming stars in a way that “re-wrote the rules”. he photographed them as equals, as real people, didn't;t dress them up, or use particular backgrounds, just captures their image in a daylight studio, looking authentic. isolates his subject.  the character of the person conveys in the image alone, no props are used to enhance a writer or artist. gives these “famous” people a chance to reflect themselves, as people through the medium of photography.

What is pictoralism ?

An era , mean, moody,,,, photography at it’s most po-faced, a branch of fine arts. an artisitic dead end. imitating drawings and paintings.