CS100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Susan Sontag, Federal Communications Commission, Pbs
24 Apr 2015
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Week 9- visual culture: photography and film: photography and photojournalism. Alongside electric media, three new writing systems emerged in the late 19th century: 1839- first commercial photographic system was called the daguerrotype (photographs on. Laters, photography on paper made it possible to reproduce images mechanically. Photographs were slow to be featured regularly in newspapers. What is unique about daguerrotype? creates only one copy & cannot be reproduced (the plates of metal) The introduction caused a commotion in the french society: it was available to all. Access to visual representation > it makes the painters obsolete. Creates a new profession & social impact. The rise of photojournalism: ulrich keller > from drawings and sketching to photographs. Photography has become one of the principle devices for experiencing something, for giving. According to this view, the halftone process reproduces a given reality" more realistically". Technical: a new generation of newspapers using the halftone process.
