Wednesday 30 November 2011

What is Photography

What is Photography

Photography is the art of using and manipulating the camera and film to produce unique images of reality or formal abstractions. The subject and the stylistic or aesthetic intentions of the photographer will determine the "type" of photography. It is the art or process of making pictures by means of a camera that directs the image of an object into film made sensitive to light. In other words, it is the process of forming and fixing an image of an object or objects by the chemical action of light and other forms of radiant energy on photosensitive surfaces.  It is the art or business of producing and printing photographs. Photographic prints can be made from photographic negatives, positive transparencies, or digital images, and printed on a wide variety of substrates, including photo paper, fine art paper, and canvas According to Gene McSweeney- As we try to grab pieces of our lives, they speed past us. Photographs freeze those pieces and help us remember how we were. We don't know these lost people but if you look around, you'll find someone just like them.

A report by Vaishnavi Krishnan, first year student of Visual Communication

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