Pumpkin Carving!

A very cheesy photoshop project. Sorry if it looks so bad, as I came into the project half-way.

Alfred Stieglitz

Alfred Stieglitz was an American photographer who promoted and displayed photography as an form of modern artwork. He was also well-known for running several art galleries in New York. He is important in the history of photography because he was able to make photography an accepted form of art.

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Winter - Fifth Avenue
by Alfred Stieglitz 

Blue and Green Music
by Georgia O'Keeffe

I enjoyed some of his photos. One of his many photos is this one, simply titled, "Winter - Fifth Avenue". It was a picture taken in where I believe to be New York City. This was his most famous print, and it was sold for around $75 ( That's around $800 in modern times! ). I enjoy this photo because it reminds me of, incredibly enough, the winter. It just has this feel as though it's been pulled out of Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol. It looks really nice.

However, there was another notable thing he did during his lifetime. He married a famous painter named Georgia O'Keeffe. She had gain the attention of art galleries before women were allowed to go to universities. She mainly was known for painting magnified blossoms and New York buildings.

Web Assignment #3

A Brownie Camera from the 1940s.

A Brownie Camera was a relatively cheap and easy-to-use camera invented in the early 1900s. It was the first camera to develop the snapshot system of usage, and was invented be Eastman Kodak in the year 1900.
The Brownie was a non-expensive camera, having to pay only $1 for the first model, and could be used by virtually everyone, which is what inspired their slogan: "You push the button, we do the rest." 
This revolutionized the way photography was used because cameras were now able to be used by the common public, allowing for the expansion of interest of photographers everywhere.

Webpost #2

A daguerreotype of Abraham Lincoln

A Daguerreotype was the first successful commercial photography process. Its surface had the resemblance of a mirror, and was the predecessor to the photography process of heliography.

The albumen print was the first method to print a photograph on paper commercially. It's process used the albumen of egg whites to develop the photo to the paper, and eventually the process died out during the early 19th century.

An albumen print of the Hypaethral Temple

A stereoscope of the Charles Street Mall in Boston

A stereograph is an image that uses binocular vision to create the illusion of depth. It was very popular in the 1860s.


A Carte de Visite was a style of small photograph that was popular in the 1860s. It started a huge widespread of "Cardomania",
and was used by soldiers and the rich to send
small pictures fast.

Matthew Brady and Alexander Gardner were photographers of the

photojournalists, for they were well-known for their documentation and photography during the civil war. 

Picture of Abraham Lincoln, taken
by Brady

A Carte de Visite of Napoleon III 

Execution of the Lincoln conspirators,
taken by Gardner

Nicephore Niepce: The earliest photographer

Nicephore Niepce

Nicephore Niepce was a french inventor and one of the first experimenters of photography. He learned how to fix images on paper using different oils and chemicals. He was also able to take on of the earliest photographs in history.
Nicephore was known for taking the photograph "View from the window at Le Gras". It is one of the first permanent photographs. It was taken at Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, from the window overlooking his estate, Le Gras. The photograph was taken on a pewter plate, covered in bitumen of Judea, a substance similar to asphalt. The exposure time was a staggering 8 hours long, and came up with the image of the rooftops of his home. This photo has been added to the top 100 most influential photographs of all time, and is currently being housed for permanent display at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center.

View from the window at Le Gras. Taken in 1826.

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This is a blog that is used for custom photography. From pinhole photography, to photograms and just basics, this blog will hold what my camera sees.

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