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    Photography in the Civil War Although the civil war was a very gruesome war killing 600‚000 people‚ looking back on history without  photography it could not have been a modern war  (Brooks). Throughout the civil war photography was a very big part of making the civil war a modern war. Also  photography made the civil war a modern war because of the Job photographers had to do‚ people and companies‚ and the effects  photography had on the war. Since photography was so important in the War‚ people

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    2. “Analogue photographs have always had the power to manipulate and transform reality” (Biro 2012). Discuss. When analogue photography was first invented‚ its overwhelming power came from the fact that it recorded nature more realistically than any other art form had ever done before […] people trusted it and believed it portrayed ‘reality’ and ‘truth’ (Lodriguss 2000). The camera was seen as a revolutionary instrument that enabled objects‚ people and landscapes to be documented in the highest

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    Forensic Photography

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    Forensic photography is not just photography‚ the purpose of the pictures taken is not meant to capture the artistic ways of a crime scene. Forensic photography is a piece of evidence utilized as such in courts and investigations. The photographs taken at crime scenes must convey the information needed for others to be able to recreate the scene as if they were actually there. For this reason‚ there are techniques and processes in which forensic photographs must be taken. Practical

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    Farhana Yasmin Digital Photography Period-4 Before I came into digital photography class‚ the most I knew about photography was that you point at whatever you want to take a picture of and then you shoot. After I took this class I have learned that there is countless more factors involved in taking a good picture. The first I thing I learned in photography were the different parts of it. I also learned the difference between a DSLR and a point and shoot camera. Then I learned that in a picture

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    Photography and Camera

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    camera is a device that records/stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura (Latin for "dark chamber")‚ an early mechanism for projecting images. The modern camera evolved from the camera obscura. Cameras may work with the light of the visible spectrum or with other portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. A camera generally consists of an enclosed hollow with an opening (aperture) at one end for

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    Photo 1 Photo Assignment #2 The first picture is an image of a cafeteria table. This was taken in the cafeteria. It shows the point of view of a bird. This picture shows the design element of shape. The straight blue squares next to the diagonal blue and while squares add interest to the photo. The lines on the floor shows diagonal lines. The circle table with circle seats adds even more interest to the image. This image is a high key picture because it looks bright and there is a lack of shadows

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    Photography shows us the world‚ but only the world the photographer creates. According to Sontag‚ “photography implies that we know about the world if we accept it as the camera records it.” In other words the viewer only sees what’s within the frame. Images allowed us to see situations that occurred‚ however‚ it’s extremely limited in what the audience can see. I agree with Sontag’s claim that photography limits our understanding of the world. Photography has accomplished the task of manipulation

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    Black and white photography can be misunderstood in a modern artistic perspective. This type of photographic depiction is captivating and speaks through the image into the mind where it processes the lack of color by visualizing the depth and contrast vividly. An image that used in colorless photography was seen prior to the 20th century as the normal way to take pictures‚ but now we have color photography. However‚ photographers are still finding that black and white images are important to documentation

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    photographer is a career I have been interested in for a long time. I am interested in the art and the creativity of it all. Photography is fun and enjoyable. It allows the photographer to capture memories of family and friends. I like the idea of traveling to different places and taking photos for people. Meeting new people and seeing new things is a very good benefit that comes with photography. There will be some challenges concerning how to get a job in this career such as budget. However‚ I am still very

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    These types of uses for photography often put it in odds with other artists who wanted to use photography to distort reality and convert it into a new art form. Both of these differing uses of photography appeared in the case of Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony in 1884. This case was focused on the authorship of two photographs taken of Oscar Wilde. One was

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