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About 1950 Where did the art of formal photography rise?

Formal photography rose in France around 1950.

Introduction to photography;

With the camera and photosensitive materials as tools, the theme is expressed by means of image composition, light, tone (or tone) and other modeling methods, and its artistic image is obtained. Photographers use cameras to reflect social life and natural phenomena and express their thoughts and feelings.

The definition of photographic art:

The typical definition of traditional ontological logic is given from the principle that photography is a process.

First, the dichotomy of process and result, the process of photography possession, then the dichotomy of plane and stereo, photography occupies plane, followed by real scene and virtual object, photography occupies physical object, followed by optical principle and sensory impression, and photography occupies optical principle.

Photography classification:

1, still life photography

Still life photography, compared with figure photography and landscape photography, takes inanimate, artificially movable or combined objects as the performance object. Mostly take industrial or handmade products, natural inanimate objects and so on as the shooting theme.

On the basis of truly reflecting the inherent characteristics of the subject, the subject is represented as a photographic work with artistic beauty through creative ideas and photography means such as composition, light, tone and color. It's called still life photography.

2. Portrait photography

Portrait photography is different from ordinary portrait photography: portrait photography takes the description and expression of the specific appearance and expression of the subject as its primary creative task. Although some portrait photography works also contain certain plots, they still mainly show the appearance of the subject, and a considerable number of portrait photography works only explain the image of the subject without specific plots.

Figure photography focuses on the events and activities that the subject participates in, and its main task is to show the specific plot, rather than showing the appearance and behavior of the subject with vivid images. The important difference between them is whether they describe the appearance of the characters in detail.

Step 3 record photography

Documentary photography refers to photo photography that takes recording as the first purpose and reflects the true image of objective things. Photography was born for recording. Its powerful vitality after its birth lies precisely in its recording function. This is incomparable or irreplaceable by other technologies or arts.