Case Study: Women Who Came to the Front After scanning over the lives of the eight women during WWII the most interesting three I came across are Clare Boothe Luce‚ Dorothea Lange‚ and Toni Frissell. These three women all came to the forefront of presenting different forms of media to the public. All three women were influential in their coverage of the war. WWII opened new opportunities for women in journalistic positions and each of these women utilized their different platforms in a positive
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because they are denser than our skin‚ and those shadows can be detected on photographic film. The effect is similar to placing a pencil behind a piece of paper and holding the pencil and paper in front of a light. The shadow of the pencil is revealed because most light has enough energy to pass through the paper‚ but the denser pencil stops all the light. The difference is that x-rays are invisible‚ so we need photographic film to "see" them for us. This allows doctors and dentists to spot broken
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surprised by how effective he made photography‚ even though it was still in its infancy. The technology was so new that‚ "…when Riis began his photographic efforts‚ he quickly discovered that the primitive nature of photography precluded too much attention to aesthetic details…in the 1800s taking a picture was no simple matter. Each step of the photographic process presented formidable obstacles" (page 209). The invention of the camera was revolutionary in many ways and provided means to distribute
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Affiliated Computer Services for $6.4 billion. The deal closed on February 8th‚ 2010. Xerox holds a Royal Warrant from HM Queen Elizabeth II and the Prince of Wales. Xerox was founded in 1906 in Rochester as "The Haloid Photographic Company"‚ which originally manufactured photographic paper and equipment. The company later changed its name to "Haloid Xerox" in 1958 and then simply "Xerox Corporation" in 1961. The company came to prominence in 1962 with the introduction of the Xerox 914‚ the first plain
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apprentice artist‚ sketching shoes. At this time‚ he had no thought of becoming a photographer. Milestones In addition to his work for Vogue magazine (the American‚ British‚ and French editions) Penn has been represented in many important photographic collections‚ including those of the Museum of Modem Art‚ the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ the Addison Gallery of American Art‚ and the Baltimore Museum of Art. In 1958‚ Irving Penn was named one of "The World’s 10 Greatest Photographers"
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developing and printing the images in a darkroom her father had made for her in a shed behind the house. As chemistry major at the University of Washington‚ she undertook her first photographic experiments in the wild(Lewis). She graduated fromWashington University in 1907 ("Computer Science”). She then went to work in the photographic studio of Edward S. Curtis and photographed Native Americans and their lives. For years she worked on assignments for magazines‚ led a portrait studio‚ and even taught at
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Aristotle’s definition of tragedy is an imitation of a complete action that is serious and important and artistically ornamented with several contributing elements. These contributory essentials are the makings of sublime art which arouses pity and fear in the audience leading to a purging of emotions‚ which results in a state of emotional fulfillment. Macbeth is considered as a Shakespearian tragedy recounting the events of a Scottish general who murders his King and gains the throne to eventually
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What does this novel have and say about secrets and lies? In Atonement‚ narrative writing is a powerful force‚ which is both creative and destructive. It fulfils the desire to bring order on a chaotic world. Ian McEwan suggests through story telling can be a way to escape the harsh reality by controlling situations. Atonement shows the danger of story-telling‚ the danger of the artist’s ego‚ as it is a form of deception and destruction. However‚ it can reveal the transcendent truths; the power
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None of Michelangelo’s other works ever won him quite the same renown as his fresco in the Sistine Chapel‚ a building now virtually synonymous with his name. Almost immediately after Michelangelo unveiled it in 1512‚ the fresco became like an academy for artists‚ who had since long been using the Sistine Chapel as storehouse of ideas. They treated works of Michelangelo as some kind of a portfolio through which they concocted new ideas. The prestigious style of buon fresco generated intense interest
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Art should deal with human experience through observation‚ without exocticism‚ nostalgia or idealism. It offered the painter and the viewer humanity and insight into everyday world. • Era: Industrial and French Rev • Technique: Almost photographic and always portraying the dignity of ordinary people. • Artists: Courbet‚ Bonheur‚ Eakins‚ Tanner‚ Daumier Impressionism and Expressionism Impressionism: [pic] Claud Monet. “Impression: Sunrise” Oil on
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