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What if you lost every photograph, digital or printed, that you and your family owns? Which ones would you miss the most, and why? Be prepared to share the “why” part of your answer. You will not need to share specifics about the photograph unless you wish to. Bellwork. Joplin, Missouri.
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What if you lost every photograph, digital or printed, that you and your family owns? Which ones would you miss the most, and why? Be prepared to share the “why” part of your answer. You will not need to share specifics about the photograph unless you wish to. Bellwork
Photography The Beginnings
Know • Where, when and by whom photography was first accomplished. • The impact photography has had on America since its creation. Show • Name the first known person to successfully create a printed photograph. • Watch Part 1 of American Photography: A Century of Images and identify at least three significant ways that photography has impacted American society. Level of Thinking Understand Objective
All the discoveries that needed to be made, were done well before the first photograph in 1839 • 1600s - Robert Boyle reported that silver chloride turned dark under exposure • 1600s - Angelo Sala noticed that powdered nitrate of silver is blackened by the sun • 1727 - Johann Heinrich Schulze discovered that certain liquids change colour when exposed to light • 1800s - Thomas Wedgwood successfully captured images, but his silhouettes could not survive as there was no known method of making the image permanent Everything Was There
1826, Chalon-sur-Saône, France Joseph NicéphoreNiépce
France Daguerrotype Louis Daguerre
1835 Lacock Abbey Print from oldest photographic negative in existence. Calotype William Fox Talbot
Flowers, Leaves, Stem Photogram Fox Talbot
American Photography A Century of Images
Identify at least three ways that photography changed America, socially, historically, and culturally. • Be prepared to share your thoughts after the movie. While You are Watching
Snapshots An Assignment
A snapshot is a photograph that is taken quickly, without planning. When the Brownie was made available to the public, snapshots ruled the world. Typically, snapshots are used to remember events and people who hold meaning in the photographer’s life. Snapshots
Take 20+ snapshots of meaningful people, places, events, or belongings in your life. You will need to bring them in on either a memory card or flash drive. Due next Monday. Snapshots
Most importantly, camera obscura had been discovered hundreds of years before. Camera = box/room Obscura = to darken Camera Obscura = a dark box/room Everything Was There