History of Photography with Thomas Alleman
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- The Los Angeles Center of Photography is thrilled to produce an ongoing series on the history of photography. Genres of photography. This year features street photography, still life, landscape, documentary, photojournalism, fine art and more!
It's sad that the TH-cam aglorythm robs us and you the opportunity to meet other than by chance. I'm so glad I happened upon you. I really appreciate all the work you put into this video. It's a gem. Thank you!
Beautiful piece of documentation
The contention that the early photographers were creating new compositional strategies with regard to landscape and architectural images -- as well as portraiture -- fails to consider centuries of painting and drawing as sources for compositional and lighting approaches. Watkins knew how to compose a landscape because he'd been exposed to the works of artists who dealt with the same issues. Ditto for Cameron's portraiture and Atget's architectural works, although his pictures of naturally superimposed reflections may have no precedents in painting. It also seems somewhat inverted to suggest that lighting by early photographic masters is amazingly "very modern." It seems more appropriate to acknowledge that "Annie Liebowitz lighting" is fundamentally classical. As you said yourself, she and many other masters of modern photography developed their styles from nascent photographic images, as well as the works of great painters.
Is there a second part to this video ? Thanks
The comment below was made before the end where this issue was discussed to some degree during Q&A.
Some people are photographers, and some other people just take pictures. What is a photograph and why do people take pictures? Come get your picture taken, then put it in a frame and hang it up in your living room? No! A photograph should have some meaning and purpose. A family: Mom , Dad, and the two kids photographed on a rainy day, wearing rain coats. While this is a whimsical picture,, it's pretty to look at with good compisition , but it also tells who the family is.
Many people who know very little or nothing about photography assume it's all about the compisition, and the rest, while important is secondary to getting the picture. Of course you need to know how to use a camera so the picture is not over or under exposed and in focus. But they assume the technical part is secondary. A fast shutter speed, a slow shutter speed, a wide lens opening, a small opening. This lens, that lens, color, black and white, film, digital, shooting in total automatic or total manual. And when it comes to light, the essence of photography, what is the best light. Some people will be surprised that all light is. Need I explain?
You missed the photography of the Civil War
11:06 gets me 😂
Nice detail and great content, but I'm going to look for something else that is complete with dates. I'm sort of picky about that stuff.