THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY

HISTORY
 An art form invented in 1830s.

 Camera Obscura -people already knew the principles of how it

eventually got to work.

• They could process the image on the wall or piece of paper

• Was invented around 13-14th centuries

• First photography medium

CAMERA OBSCURA
 THE INVENTION OF THE
CAMERA

 1825 - The first photo picture taken by Joseph Niepce.

 It depicts a view from the window at Le Gras.

 Niepce came up with the idea of using a petroleum

derivative called "Bitumen of Judea"

 Bitumen hardens with exposure to light so the unhardened material

was then washed away
 1839- John Herschel came up with a way of making the first glass
negative as opposed to metal

 He coined the term Photography deriving from the Greek words

"fos" meaning light and "grafo" - to write.

 At first photography was either used as an aid in the work of an

artist.

 The first publicly recognized portraits are one person or family

portraits to preserve the memories.
 E A S T M A N ' S KO DA K ' S
CAMERA
 1888 -It went on to the market with the slogan "You press the
button, we do the rest".

 1901 - Kodak Brownie was introduced.

• Becoming the first commercial camera in the market available for

middle class
 COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY

• Being explored throughout the 19th century

• 1862 - Several methods of color photography were patented by two

French inventors.

• Louis Ducos de Hauron and Charlec Cros Practical

• 1907 -first practical color plate reached the market.

• The screen let filtered red, green and/or blue light through.

• Applying the same screen later resulted in a color photo that preserved
the color
 1861 – first colored photo of an image of a tartan ribbon taken by
the famous Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell.

 The reason for that is his inventions in the field

of physics simply overshadowed this accomplishment.

1839-first ever picture to have a human in it was

Boulevard du Temple taken by Louis Daguerre and

it did capture a man who had his shoes polished

 BOULEVARD DU TEMPLE

TARTAN RIBBON
ANTIQUATED METHODS
 Camera Obscura (Dark Room )

• Created in the ancient times and was the device the

led to the development of the camera.
• Uses a small lens to project an image from the outside
onto a flat surface.
• Used for things like watching solar eclipses and
drawing
 W E T P L A T E P H OTO G R A P H Y
( C O L L O D I O N P RO C E S S )

• Was inconvenient and time-consuming.

• Requiring the photographer to coat the

material, sensitize, expose, and develop it
in a short amount of time.
 FLASHLIGHT POWDER

• Was used as a flash in dimly-lit locations.

• The powder lit so quickly that many

photographers received burns.
 PHOTOGRAMS

• An image transferred onto paper without a camera

• By setting objects on photographic film or paper and

exposing it to light

• Transformed 3-dimensional objects into flat images,

with high contrast.
 POLAROIDS
• Was combine a camera and a darkroom in a single
device

• Once the picture was snapped, the film was

pulled from the camera and allowed to develop.
 COMMON TERMS
 Aperture
• It is the size of the opening in the lens

• Think of the lens as a window

 Aspect Ratio
• It is simply the ratio of the height to width.

 Bokeh
• The orbs created when lights are out of focus in an image.
 Depth of Field
• Refers to how much of the image is in focus

• The camera will focus on one distance, but there’s a range of distance
in front and behind that point that stays sharp

 Exposure
• How light or dark an image is

• Controlled through aperture, shutter speed and ISO.

• An image is created when the camera sensor (or film strip) is exposed
to light.
 ASPECT RATIO

APERTURE
BOKEH

DEPTH OF FIELD
EXPOSURE
 TYPES OF PHOTOGRAPHY

19th Century 21st Century

 Daguerreotypes  Macro photography

 Salt Prints (Talbot’s Process)  Landscape photography

 Documentary photography
 Albumen Prints
 Infrared photography
 Carte de Visite
 Fairy-tale photography
 Hyalotype
 Portrait photography
 Cabinet Cards  ETC.
 19 TH CENTURY
 Daguerreotypes

- Were produced on a thin copper metal support that had a polished coating of
silver that was mirror-like

 Salt Prints

-The first photographic process that used sodium chloride to make photos
more light-sensitive

 Albumen Prints

-Coat a thin sheet of paper with egg white which would hold light-sensitive
silver salt on the surface of the paper, preventing image fading
 19 TH CENTURY

 Carte de Visite (CDVs)

-Were often mounted on cardboard and Introduced in the 1850s in Paris, France

 Hyalotype

-Were used in “Magic Lanterns” where their positive images on glass plates were
projected onto screens

 Cabinet Cards

-Was an albumen-coated, card-mounted photograph and it was introduced in 1866

 21 ST CENTURY
 Macro photography

-Reveals small details that we can’t see with our eyes

 Landscape photography

-Modern photographers tend not to show the geolocation

of landscape photos to save nature from tourists.

 Documentary photography

-Give us a better understanding of the world, showing us people and

places that are usually hidden from sight.
 21 ST CENTURY

 Infrared photography

-Using filters, you can turn ordinary places into otherworldly places.

 Fairy-tale photography

-Just need to get your hands on photo editing software and experiment.

 Portrait photography

-One of the most beloved types of photography and it is commonly to

show a person’s character and emotion
NAMES IN PHOTOGRAPHY

Alfred Stieglitz
• American photographer and a promoter for
modern art
• Outside photography is widely known for his
passion for avant-garde
• His work with the photography was revolutionary
for how he portrayed still life and what he brought
into photo portraits.
 Felix Nadar (a pseudonym of

Gaspard-Félix Tournachon)

• French caricaturist, journalist and - once photography emerged

• most famous for pioneering the use of artificial lightning in

photography

• He was known for depicting many famous people including Jule

Verne, Alexander Dumas, Peter Kropotkin and George Sand.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
• French photographer

• Believed to be the father of photojournalism.

• Most famous for creating the “street photography’’

• He hated being photographed, as he was embarrassed

of his fame.
 MODERN ARTIST
 Andreas Gursky (1955 – )

• Photographer that captures the modern world in an intriguing

form

• His pictures depict common places that don’t really exist.

• Not all his pictures have the same humongous format and the high
point of view, but they are considered as part of his iconic style.
ANDREAS GURSKY (1955 – )
 CINDY SHERMAN (1954 – )

 American photographer, best known for her conceptual portraits.

 Most iconic work titled simply as Untitled Film Stills

 The work consists of 69 images that portray herself in an

enigmatic scene that appears to a still from a movie.

 TIME Magazine considered her Untitled Film Still # 21 as one of

the 100 most influential images of all time.
 DIDIER MASSARD (1953 – )

 Didier Massard (1953 – )

• Magnificent optical manipulations he put in photos.

• His work has considered being more “magical realism”

• Gives his work a meticulous and slow paced rhythm

• Calls each image to be a “completion of an inner imaginary

journey”.
DIDIER MASSARD (1953 – )
 PHILIPPINE
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Eduardo Masferré (April 18, 1909 – June 24, 1995)

 Filipino-Catalan photographer who made important documentary

reports about the lifestyle of native people in the region of
the Cordillera in the Philippines at the middle of 20th century.

 He is regarded as the Father of Philippine photography.

MARK NICDAO (PORTRAIT
PHOTOGRAPHY)

 Undeniably the best when it comes to magazine covers

 Photographed some of the A-listers in both Hollywood and

showbiz.

 Also Rogue magazine’s photographer-at-large, and has

published his own book entitled “Vantage.”

 SHAIRA LUNA
(FASHION/PORTRAIT)
 Became famous as one of the gifted children in a milk
brand’s TV commercial

 One of the most stylish photographers in town

 Distinct style of playing with colors and lights make her one
of the best in the field.
 PAUL QUIAMBAO
(LANDSCAPE)
 Became popular in social media after capturing the best looks of
the university.

 Because of his works as a lens man for UST’s “400 Shots to

Immortality: Timeless Photographs of the University of Santo
Tomas Towards its Neo-Centennial.”
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