Artists

Joseph Nicephore Niépce - The First Photographer in History 

18th century - Joseph Nicephore Niépce (1765-1833)

Being French he was well known to be the father of photography. Being the first and only person back in the days to produce the first photograph. Lithography was were Niepce had his heart and passion set. Not having any knowledge in drawing, he commissioned his son to draw his works. Sadly his son was sent to war, and could no longer draw. Therefore Niepce invented photography. 

Starting  his researches in 1814 he then started calling his work as Heliographs. Following his discoveries he travelled to England promoting his invention via the Royal Society of Photography. But the Societies rules did not allow any invention publication without disclosing the information regarding The formula produced. 

Returning to France in 1829, he later Met and teamed up with Louis Daguerre. 

 

  Joseph Nicephore Niépce 2013 [ online ] - Available at   http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~jeff/115a/history/niepce.html - [ Accessed on 30 November 2013 ] 

William Pumphrey (1817 – 1905)

Pumphrey was a Quaker and started out as a science teacher at Bootham School, York. He bought his licence from Samuel Walker, York's first practising photographer, in July 1849, and ran his business there until 1854. Throughout this time he frequently lectured on scientific and kindred subjects; indeed, he continued to lecture - including to Bootham boys - even after taking up his post as superintendent of a private lunatic asylum in York. He was fond of travel, bringing home many photographs of the scenery of Switzerland and elsewhere, which he took pleasure in showing to his friends with the magic lantern.

In 1866 he organised an exhibition of Yorkshire Fine Art and Industry, in the grounds of Bootham Park Hospital, in which he entered two revolving stereoscopes, each containing 50 of his stereo views.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pumphrey

Glossary | Photography Technical Terms

Depth of Field :

Is the guage of measuring the zone or distance over which any object in front of the lens will appear in pure sharpness.Situated both in front and behind the plane of best focus . Being effected by main three parameters being Lens aperture, Lens focal Length , and image magnification.
 Digital Photography an Introduction 2007 - By Tom Ang - DK Publishers 



Aperture: 
The lens opening in the camera that allows light to come onto the sensor. It is controlled by which we call an f-stop which the smaller the number the narrow the aperture and the lager the depth of field. Cambridge in Colour, 2014, Tutorials: Camera Exposure [online] Available at: http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-exposure.htm (Accessed on 28th January 2014)


EXPOSURE:


The exposure is the lenght of time that an image is exposed to light in order to be recorded on a camera sensor or 35mm film. The exposure is adjusted  accordinly to the effect desired, or the type of image being recodred. The 3 main adjustments for a correct exposure are made in the Shutter Speed, Apreture and ISO.

Composition:

is made up of; colour, light, line, space & mass, scale and texture. It is what makes up a photograph, how aesthetically pleasing the composition is.


CAMERA OBSCURA:

The camera obscura consists in a device (Box) that projects an image onto a bigger screen; artists used it as an aid for the accurate painting of a scene. It was on of the first inventions that triggered the road to photography and the camera its self.

The Magic Mirror of Life, 2008. What is a camera obscura?. [online] 
Available at: < http://brightbytes.com/cosite/what.html> 
[Accessed 26 December 2013].


Golden Spiral :

Also known as the rule of thirds, these are harmonious proportions, that photographers instinctively use to make pictures look good. 

Digital photography an introduction - By Tom Ang 2007 - DK publishers 


ETHNOGRAPHY :

The term Ethnography is the scientific study and proof of various communities with their own customs, habits and differences. As early as in the 1850s photography was used to document such exotic places and savagery, with the intention for both study and resale. These ethnographic images are of a great value to the anthropology world for the study of mankind.

Primary Source :

A primary source can also be referred to as an original source or even evidence. It is the original source of information about the topic, someone with direct knowledge on the subject is also considered a primary source.  

Primary source at yale 2014 - Primary Sources - online - available at http://www.yale.edu/collections_collaborative/primarysources/primarysources.html - Last accessed 28/01/2014



Secondary Source : 

Secondary source would be taken from documents or recordings that relate or discuss information originally presented elsewhere.Normally it is an analysis, or interpretation of the original source.

Exhibitions

Malta-based photographer Ritty Tacsum, exhibited a new series of work at Lily Agius Gallery, in October 2014. The collection featured the young photographer’s iconic architectural landscapes, haunting multiple exposures, deceptively simple patterned compositions and figures and nudes , which the photographer is know for.

I particularly like Ritty Tacsum's work, she has a strange twist to her work and sees things in a different light. Many people had commented on her work being 'disturbed' and 'wrong' but in my opinion she is daring to do something people aren't daring to do. 

Last year as a class we had gone to another of her exhibitions which made me excited to hear she had another one this year