Photography History Pt. I
- Hayley Marshall
- Feb 26, 2018
- 1 min read
The Beginnings of Photography
In 1839 photography was officially 'created' by Talbot (Henry Fox Talbot - a British scientist, inventor and photography pioneer who invented the salted paper and calotype processes, precursors to photographic processes of the later 19th and 20th centuries.) and the daguerreotype (created by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre it was the first commercially successful photographic process).
Camera Obscura
Camera obscura is an optical phenomenon where, when light enters a small opening into a dark room, the outside scene is projected onto the opposing inside wall creating an upside down version of the scene outside.
Example: 'Comfortable Lie' by Why We Run'
'Muedon' by Andre Kerteshe (1928)
He originally sketched a copy of this surreal image however the photographic version appeared more intriguing than the sketched version. As BBC puts it, perhaps it is due to thah fact that, "Kertesz's 'Meudon' captures something of the elusive genius of photography. With a photograph we can't help but wonder who the figure in the foreground is, where he has been, what he is carrying and where he is taking it. But Kertesz's photograph has no definitive answers. How can something that reveals so much keep so much to itself?"
