ITAP Part 2, Genius of Photography, Week 1

Week 1, part 1 Genius of Photography.

Q1. What is photography's true genius?

   Photography has the ability to transform what it is describing, 

and is therefore showing the true art of photography. However,

the true genius behind the 170 years of this medium is how

it intrigues the audience, and shows clarity of the mediums particular

secret strangeness that lies beneath appearances.

Q2. Name a Proto-Photographer?

   Henry Fox Talbot was a Proto-Photographer.

Q3. In the 19th Century, what term was associated with Daguerreotype?
   Louis Degar, had began the process of fixing shadows to 

mirrored metal plates in 1824. This process created a form of polaroid image that could not create multiple reproductions; this light operated variable print gave the impression of presence and was therefore associated with the idea that the final product was a "mirror with a memory".

Q4. What is The Vernacular?

   The Vernacular is a genre of photography which contains 

many subcategories such as:

• Forensic Photography.
• Scientific Photography.
• Journalistic Photography.
• Touristic Photography.
• Insurance records/Passport records/Court documents.

The subcategories all of which are for purposes for documentation,

and identification, as the The Vernacular itself is not intended for

an art based aesthetic but for recording in a visual mannerism.

Q5. Who is Nadar, and why was he so successful?

   Gaspard-Félix Tournachon was the creator of his own copyright, Nadar, this business name created an extra element of professionalism to his practices as a photographer, and establishing himself with his own unique signature styles. 

It has been inferred that Nadar is the Andy Warhol of bohemian Paris during the 19th Century. 

   His success was driven by his approaches to ensure authentication to each image he produced, forcing the personality from the subject themselves, creating this idea of projection of self immortality. Non of his images were based

around flattering the subject, but non were to be cruel and give misconceptions, however, this showed the celebrities as equals.

Q6. What is Pictorialism?

   Pictorialism has been described as the serious side of photography,depicting mean

 and moody images, which were occasionally magnificent.

   This was the beginning of the introduction of photography into the category of the Fine Arts,

 creating a more narrowing perspective of the medium, 

imitating other forms of arts and crafts movements, creating a fictional and dream

 like state of mind through the content within the medium of photography.