A city undergoing difficult economic times can be made to look even worse than it actually is, if the journalist only shows photographs of the worst sections of town, not the areas which are thriving. This has been called 'ruin porn' -- where journalists crop out images of prosperity to create a more convincing visual depiction of blight (Garfield 2009)
In order to fulfill his dream of photographing the Civil War, Brady took the loan on his New York gallery. He was confident that photography during the war period will be very useful as well as valuable (Cobb, 1956)
These three figures who became his close friends and self-promoted him. Brady stepped in very popular business of making cases for surgical instruments storage and boxes for daguerreotypes (Crain, 2013)
The photographs taken by Brady and Co rarely showed the actual battles; because it was very difficult to capture the actions with heavy camera equipments with slow exposures. Therefore, Brady and his team focused on taking portraits of the military, camps and scenes after the fight (Foresta, 1996)
These only twelve images were a success for Brady but unfortunately a financial failure. However, it did not affected Brady's reputation as he was already very famous and his success was not based on any appraisal (Hood, 1967)
It was an opportunity for Matthew Brady; he created around thirty five portraits of candidate "Abraham Lincoln" which were distributed in all parts of the country. (Roy, 1982)
Even then he is no doubt a very important and famous celebrity among the early photographers of America. He had a very friendly, little bland, simple and smiling personality but the photographs that he gave to his nation before and during the civil war shows his personality of a zealous and adoring artist (Panzer, 2001)
4). Brady during his late teens became familiar with the three old visionary hustlers of America; Barnum, Stewart and Samuel (Smith, 2009)
The South spilt and Civil War started after the Lincoln's elections. Brady is therefore considered as photographic historian of America as his self imposed position was carried over into the biggest conflict of those times (Sullivan, 2004)
Some of the photographers had taken some images of Crimean and Mexican wars earlier and made few daguerreotypes but their little work could not be compared with the Brady's performance. Brady and his team were able to get a comprehensive and perceptive collection of around 7000 photographs of the Civil War, which was a big achievement (Taft, 1896)
Matthew Brady had a unique appearance. He was an Irishman with a big nose, bushy hair style and pointed beard (Wilson, 2013)
The first photo advertisement was produced in Philadelphia in 1843. The Panaromic camera patent was given in Sutton (D'Silva)
" The camera is a boxlike device, which produces the images (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2008). Precursor Camera Obscura The simultaneous histories of photography and the camera started with the precursor camera obscura in the 1700s (Holland, 2004; D'Silva, 2007)
This has been its direction, particularly with the recent purchase of the Lexar equipment (Business Wire). Alternative Processes and Techniques More and more fine art photographers have embarked on new and imaginative schemes of image creations (Meyers, 2004)
The first widely available digital camera, the Kodak DCS-100, was released in 1991 (D'Silva). The World's Firsts in Photography The evolution of photography dates back centuries ago and outside the United States (Stack 2007)
Adams photographs "Useless Beauty" and "Cyborg Hybrids," the photographer uses images of aboriginal women and non-aboriginal women in traditional poses to make a statement about contemporary men and women of mixed race. According to Adams, by having the men and women wear the same clothing and posing them in positions reminiscent of Native American photography of the pioneer ages, Adams suggests that the models "challenge the viewer to try and classify their identity" (Adams)
Matus offer different views of modern Native American art. Fields' photography is "dedicated to the creative spirit of the Native American people" (Fields)
How else can someone be expected to have a budget and plan financially how much money will be necessary? The ultimate question is what type of equipment is necessary. In 2005, Kodak lost over $140 million dollars, because they did not anticipate the market for digital cameras and imagery (Anonymous, 2005, p
The Iranian paintings make a person nostalgic especially to those that understand the history and Royal past of the country. Sevruguin, as a pioneer artist, is found complaining in literature that several of his paintings were used by European painters under their own names (Bindad, 81)
From wrestlers to medical personalities to the textile workers, everybody was photographed outside walls to take advantage of the sunlight. Bohrer, Frederick Looking through photographs: Sevruguin and the Persian image 1999 Frederick says that Antoin Sevruguin remained unknown for decades while his paintings and photographs were very famous in the galleries of Europe (Bohrer, 33)