Category: Photography

  • Who Should Be Given Credit for Inventing Photography?

    Introduction Human beings naturally have a strong visual sense of the surrounding world despite the differences in individual tendencies towards visual beauty and creativity. Within a significant number of human inventions, photography plays a particular role in developing art and its use for personal purposes. However, the advent of such a medium is a complex…

  • Analysis of Lee Friedlanders Photographs

    Friedlander is famous primarily for his street photography  raw, real, brazen. Lee Friedlanders photos are like music, and that music is jazz. Through a few notes, previously nonexistent space is built up, beginning to live its own closed and self-sufficient life. In the free improvisation of light spots, the complex music of the city…

  • Painting as a Translation of Photography in Two Ivans and Oksana

    Two Ivans and Oksana (Brooklyn Museum Photograph) There is a productive tension produced as a result of the coexistence of photographic aspects and painterly qualities in the image and so, this paper aims at explaining how this painting is a translation of photography. According to Maniichuk and Brady, this painting is an example of social…

  • The Starving Boy in Uganda Photograph by Mike Wells

    Introduction In the contemporary world, the problem of famine or starvation is often neglected due to its slight relevance in the First World countries. Nevertheless, food shortage is a serious issue in the African and Middle-East countries, particularly in the trying times of pandemics (Humanitarian Aid). The photograph by Mike Wells represents the terrors of…

  • Love in Paintings and Photographs

    Works depicting love can show a range of emotions and settings, presenting the different moments of romantic relationships to the audience. With some works showing great passion and sexuality, others focus on capturing small moments of tenderness and daily routine among people in love. As a result, each painting and photograph is unique, although it…

  • Close the Photography by Martin Stranka

    Close by Martin Stranka The process of art creation is complicated due to the search for exciting ideas for a message an artist can convey. The present works of well-known photographers inspire other people to create pieces of art to show their perception of the original idea. Philosophical concepts are the most popular ones among the…

  • Art Appreciation: Alfred Stieglitzs Photography

    Alfred Stieglitz spent his life in photography just to credit it as a compelling form of art. At these ages, photography was disregarded as a form of art since it was believed that art was not made by machines but was done by work of hands. He tried to imply that the camera was used…

  • The Works of Photographer Steve McCurry: Consequences of the War

    Table of Contents Introduction The famous Afghan girl The Iconic Tailor in Monsoon Vrindavan Widow Reference Introduction The launch of Steve McCurrys career occurred when he disguised as a native person and entered Afghanistan through Pakistan right before the Soviet Invasion was to happen. He saved photographic documentation of the event, and these images were…

  • The Photography Atelier 21 Exhibition

    Nowadays, it is not recommended to visit public places, and many people prefer to stay home and find other ways to enjoy their free time. However, many persons may notice that engaging with various art forms heals and helps relieve anxiety and depression. Therefore, in this century of technology, it is possible to visit an…

  • Henri Cartier-Bressons and Martine Francks Photography of Each Other

    Introduction Photography as an art has generated many masters who have revolutionized this sphere and contributed their passion and talent to its development. One of such extraordinary artists is Henri Cartier-Bresson, a French photographer who launched a unique photographic cooperative called Magnum photos. The members of it were independent photographers who created works under the…