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    Chemistry in Photography

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    Chemistry in Photography Background A photograph is an image made by a photo-chemical reaction which records the impression of light on a surface coated with silver atoms. The reaction is possible due to the light-sensitive properties of silver halide crystals. Equation form for silver halides: Ag + + e - Ag Species produced include: Ag2+‚ Ag2o‚ Ag3+‚ Ag3o‚ Ag4+‚ Ag4o In 1556‚ the alchemist Fabricius was the first to discover that light can photochemically react with these crystals to

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    Forensic Photography

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    jury to see the crime through your eyes‚ through the eyes of a camera. You can always take an additional look if you think you have over looked or forgot something. (Iowa) Forensic Photography has been around nearly as long as the photograph itself‚ the field continues to grow and change. Forensic Photography provides investigators‚ witnesses‚ and the victims and in the end the jury with a spot-on picture of the crime scene‚ and it is truly a vital job in today’s dangerous world. A circumstantual

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    Witkin Photography Essay

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    While understanding the artistic attractiveness of Witkin’s work‚ SFMOMA should first understand the various principles surrounding the First Amendment‚ obscenity‚ and social pressures that influence the display of art in such a public area. Before discussing the potential displaying of Witkin’s photographs‚ we have to understand the principles that are enshrined in the First Amendment and how that protects art. The First Amendment and subsequent Supreme

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    Speed Limits

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    Push It to the Limit Many things cross your mind while you’re traveling down the road. But have you ever wondered why do we have speed limits? Or maybe you do and you’re the grandma driver that everyone is stuck behind in a no passing zone. Everyone has their own speeds so why shouldn’t you be able to go how fast or how slow you wanted to go. Should we strike down every sign that the government has put up to regulate the speed limit in the thousands of highways around the country? And should we

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    Fashion Photography

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    Photography is very important for fashion industry. Because people always buy clothes which have attractive looking. Purpose of fashion photographers is make clothes and models look charming. So fashion photographers is leading this industry in the first place; moreover‚ they are more effective than fashion designers. And one of the best fashion photographers in this world is Steven Meisel. He has special style and talent. We can easily see that in his photos. Well‚ What makes his photo that charming

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    The Power of Photography

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    cousin to both a magnifying glass and a microscope. It is not only the ability to see things in more detail that commands our attention. It is something else‚ something about the art of photography that forces us to examine the world as we don’t normally do. Normally we don’t see things as they are. The familiar is forced into the background of our focus. Objects become ideas. Our couch is no longer a collection of darks and lights‚ patterns and textures; it is simply a couch. Have you ever found something

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    The Limits of Likeness

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    Ernst Gombrich’s The Limits of Likeness touches upon the influence of artists’ styles in their works. This particular author refers to art in the representational sense in his story of the German and French painters in the beginning. Although the Germans attempted to prove their skill by painting the same subject‚ they fell prisoner to their individual styles‚ and each turned out slightly different. Each artist was attempting to recreate‚ or represent‚ the Roman scene. In addition‚ the author believes

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    Photography Essay

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    Photography Essay Title: Self Portrait with Cat Date: 1998 Artist: Floria Sigismondi Born: 1965 Media: C Print Size: 121.9 x 162.6cm Floria Sigismondi is an Italian photographer & director‚ who has played a major role in many productions of photographs such as “Self Portrait with Cat”‚ and the directing of music videos working with major artists such as Katy Perry‚ Marilyn Manson‚ Christina Aguilera‚ David Bowie and Muse‚ but is best known for the writing and directing of a 2010 release

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    The Limits of Freedom

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    The Limits of Freedom Katt Carpenter There have been many limits to people’s freedom since America was discovered. One that stands out to me the most is the limiting of a person’s freedom because they are a slave or an indentured servant. Both men and women held the positions of slaves or indentured servants‚ and they were not treated as one should be treated. There is a letter in Voices of Freedom in the text that is from Elizabeth Sprigs and it is addressed to her father bring forward

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    Photography Essay

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    double exposures‚ collaging negatives and drawing and scratching directly onto the processed photo. Barrows was a key influence in the Brazilian art and design movement. He started of a painter and then as his work progressed he decided to try out photography. He used the camera like no other photographers at the time because it had only been used to document. Borrows decided to try and use it as an art and an expression. He would scratch his negatives and do double exposures as well as cutting into

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