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Web Assignment #4

Alfred Stieglitz

1. Who was Alfred Stieglitz and why is he noteworthy in the history of photography? 

• Alfred was a photographer, but he was also known as an art dealer. He is conttributed to modern photography, he was a beast with tones and textures, and belives that photography deserved a place among fine arts

2. Choose a photograph he made, upload it to your blog, and explain why you chose it as your favorite by him.

• I choose this picture because you can just see the raw emotion in this that he took. The hands are kind of tiny and frail so it makes one think its an older lady who has lived a long and hard life.

3.With what famous painter was he in a relationship? Who was she? Upload a painting by her that you like.

• Alfred Stieglitz was married to Georgia O'keefe, an American painter that specialized in landscapes and animal skulls and flowers.
• I choose this picture because I thought the way the different colors and shades went together were really cool, plus it reminded me of our school colors!

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• After marrying Georgia, Alfred started making his photos look more like paintings and Georgia started focusing more on lighting, textures and tones.

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Macro Photos

My Macro Adventure

I actually really enjoy this photo because its simple yet intriguing! 

My eye! It's interesting to see the different color schemes and designs within my iris

I watch a lot of CSI type of shows, and while i looking for things to take pictures of I remembered the shows being able to track a car by the tires marks.

Well, considering I work on the computer a lot to edit my photos i decided that it would be cool to take a picture of my keyboard? Hahah i guess

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Web assignment #3

Web Assignment #3

1. What is a brownie camera?     

• A brownie camera is a camera is a camera part of a popular long - running series that were simple and inexpensive.   

2. Who invented it and when?  

• It wade made by kodak in February 1900

3. How did it change society, and of course, the photography world? 

• It allowed people to take pictures and it eventually lead to the making of video cameras. It popularized cheap photography and introduces the idea of snapshot.

Web Assignment #2

Web assignment #2

1. What is a daguerreotype? What did the surface of a daguerreotype resemble? When were they prominent? What photographic process did the daguerreotype replace?

• A daguerrotype is a direct-positive process that creates a detailed image on a sheet of copper plated with a thin coat of silver without the use of a negative. The surface of a daguerreotype resembled a mirror, and at the peak of its popularity in 1850, the daguerreotype replaced Heliography.

2. What is an "albumen" print? What was the main "ingredient" of the albumen process? When did the albumen process die out? 

• The albumen print was divided silver and gold image dispersed in a mold of egg white. It died out somewhere around the 1920's

3. What is a "stereograph"? When were they popular? 

• Two almost identical photographs that were placed on cardboard side by side and viewed with a stereoscope. When the pictures were viewed this way, the photograph appeared three-dimensional, and those they were popular.

4. What is a "carte de visite"? What were they used for? 

• A carte de visite was a small albumen print on cards 2-1/2 by 4 inches. They were used for exchanging portraits and were put into family albums

5. Who were Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner? They are both notable for what type of photograph? When were they active? Post two noteworthy photographs for each photographer.

• Mathew Brady was a photojournalist that took pictures of the civil war. Alexander Gardner owned one of Mathew Brady's pictures. He also took his own photos. Mathew Brady used daguerreotype during the war before the year 1875, and Alexander Gardner Produces carte de viste portraits between the years 1862 and 1865.