A brief history of photography art

Nipps's solar etching method will be mentioned in most historical materials of photography development. Since then, photography has begun its course: then there are photographic methods such as silver plate and collodion, as well as the well-known Leica camera and the renovation of various photographic machines, from film to digital.

It has almost become the evolutionary history of photography machine, but photography is more about expressing personal thoughts and is an art, but the beginning of photography is not considered as an art. A Brief History of Photography is intended to understand how photography has become an art from this perspective.

Photography is not an art from the beginning, but a craft at most. It involves many handicrafts, early attempts at chemical technology and modern darkroom treatment, all of which are technical activities to test personal skills, so early photography is more of a craft activity.

The earliest photo handed down to this day is Nipps's work. He coated the lead-tin alloy plate with Jewish asphalt and exposed it for eight hours before getting the image.

Nipps's partner, Daguerre, continued to complete his research and applied for a patent. Most people think that the history of photography began.

It is said that Talbot has finished his work in Daguerre, but he has been dragging his feet and let Daguerre beat him to it.

Photography is divided into developing and fixing, and everyone can see the initial display. The problem is how to preserve it. It's a fate. How else can I show off? No, it should be. Otherwise, how can we learn from others? Your work can only be circulated through restoration.

As shown above, one of Talbot's works. The photo as a whole shows a faint purple color, and the early techniques are shown. Because the taste of salt is very strong, you can find some traces of salt if you look closely. The key is that the photo is a negative image, not a positive image of Daguerre.

There is a key point here, that is, negative image, that is to say, negative image film appears, which is very important. Daguerre imaging directly is not conducive to communication. With negatives, photos can be copied and communication is not at the same level. Photography is also more plastic, because personal feelings can be added to the processing of the film.

The fixing technology behind Talbot is better. As can be seen from the above picture, it was quite good at that time. Earth tones are not post-filters. At that time, there was no such thing, only the effect of fixative, using hypo. At present, the fixative used for darkroom treatment is still Haibo.

Photography after Talbot has spread, but the problem is that this technology can spread, so what's the use? The emergence of new things needs a direction, and then a key person appears.

My daughter gave her a camera when she was 48 for fear that she would be bored after retirement. Since then, outstanding figures have been born in photography, which has taken a step forward.

How does the camera embody art? Painting at this time is the best embodiment of art, and Cameron lived in the era of pre-Raphael art movement. The purpose of the pre-Raphael school was to change the artistic trend at that time. He thought that the classical posture and beautiful painting elements of the pre-Raphael school had been corrupted, so he was named the pre-Raphael school.

Photography has realized its own characteristics through the pre-Raphael art movement, which is a little closer to art.

In order to embody art, photography needs to learn from painting, so how can we extract the essence of painting? The following works only illustrate the direction of photography.

At first glance, I may feel that I can't even focus, and I mistakenly think that it was a problem with the camera at that time. Actually, it's not. It learns from painting to express personality and emotion, and it is expressed through soft-focus portraits. Cameron's expression has a very important influence on later portrait schools.

Although I study painting, I still have a long way to go, but I already have the feeling of painting.

After studying painting for a while, I knew how to be more like painting, so photo photography was born. Photographic works in this period have been very similar to painting, very close to painting, and the master of photo photography is Strauss.

The biggest feature of photo photography is soft focus. If you look at the photos carefully, they will not be too clear and soft, just like a brush, rather than the sharp and clear feeling in modern photography.

What is art? Imitation is not art, even if it is like again, it is useless. As the saying goes, people who imitate me die and live like me. Imitation is worthless. If you want to be yourself, how can photography be yourself? Photography doesn't know its own direction from the beginning, to learning painting, and finally likes painting. What is the future of photography?

It's time to change photography. To become an independent art, we need to jump out of the shackles of imitation.

Emerson put forward when photo photography was the most popular: photography should be an independent art, and we should not learn from painting. There is only one object for us to learn, and that is nature.

Emerson severely criticized photo photography, thinking that it is not a complete photography, and encouraged photographers to find their own inspiration from nature, explore themes in nature, and express natural beauty through realistic methods.

At the same time, he put forward the theory of focus vision. When our eyes observe things, the focus will appear and the surroundings will become blurred. Photography should also be the same as observing things with human eyes.

In the above works, we can find a real area, and then the periphery slowly begins to blur. As we said today, people are real and the background is vague, which embodies the works of focus vision theory.

Recording the truest beauty in nature did not conform to the trend at that time, but this idea influenced many people and made them realize that photography should be an independent art.

Influenced by Emerson, Alfred Stieglitz, the "father of modern American photography", founded the school of photography separation, which is also an important branch in the history of modern photography.

Since photography wants to get rid of the shackles and become himself, Eugene Ajie has become a nodal figure, which is very crucial in the history of photography art. He has a deep understanding of painting and knows how to get rid of painting to reflect the unique beauty of photography.

Ajie's works hide the factors in painting and create a new era for future generations. His works are a transition, a process towards photography itself. Later generations gave Ajie many titles, such as surrealist photography.

Ajie's works have a sense of capturing pictures. At that time, it was actually dry glass plate. Although the exposure time is short, the instrument is still huge and troublesome. It is not easy to capture this feeling.

There are still relatively few characters in Ajie's works, mainly because Ajie takes a long exposure, and he can take very clean photos even when there are many pedestrians on the road. Of course, his shooting time is also when there are few pedestrians.

The exploration of photography continues. The biggest function of photography is to record everything. Curtis spent more than 30 years filming Indians in the western United States, recording their lives and letting future generations know what life is like for extinct Indians.

Curtis's shooting activities opened the door to reporting and documentary photography in photography. Of course, some people think that Curtis shot only to complete the task, because Curtis was supported by the Morgan consortium to complete the Indian record. Everyone thinks it wasn't Curtis' idea.

Different from Curtis, Bayloc recorded and filmed spontaneously, expressing his feelings and artistic process spontaneously. Bayloc belongs to avant-garde photography, and has left us with many memories of the times with documentary techniques and techniques.

Some of Bayloc's works recorded the life of prostitutes at that time. Because the scale is too large, I will show you the above works for the time being. Those who are interested in digging can find out Bayloc's works and continue to enjoy them.

At this time, the recording function of photography has been greatly improved, both in recording technique and form. At the same time, photography has also gone out of its own world.

Photography gradually acquired its own things and characteristics.

The status and recognition of photography is largely due to Weston. What is the evidence? The evidence is that Weston was the first person to win the Guggenheim Prize as a photographer.

The Guggenheim Prize has always been awarded only to people in the art world, and it has a lofty position in the art world. Winning the Guggenheim Prize means that he has great attainments in the field of art, and Weston, as a photographer, won it, which means that photography has become an art and has been recognized by the world.

This work must be familiar to everyone. It's also about shooting green peppers. Watch the master's marksmanship. Not just green peppers. Calm down and continue to enjoy it. The more you look at it, the more delicious it is.

Weston pursues perfection in color tone, texture and image quality, and the attributes of these cameras have also been fully exerted, and everyone has tasted the real taste of photography. I don't think this is a good interpretation of what photography is.

Textbook-like figures, as long as they have studied photography, can't avoid Adams anyway. Just like studying physics, you always know Newton.

Adams has made great achievements in photography education, which is also the unavoidable reason for learning photography, especially Adams's regional exposure method. There is a saying about Adams-God created light, and Adams divided the light into ten parts. Now Photoshop and histogram are based on Adams standard.

Photography used to be a technical job. Masters always said that shooting well depends on feeling, but Adams quantified it. Adams quantified photography, meaning that ordinary people can take photos like him as long as they follow his exposure standards. It is equivalent to how much salt to put in cooking. Many people say that moderation is good. The question is how much is the right quantity. At this time, if someone tells you that you want to put 15 grams, you will have a direction and can cook the same dish, at least the difference is not that far.

Adams not only quantified it in photography, but also wrote a book about the technical characteristics of darkroom and how many seconds should be put in fixing solution.

Photography has been moving forward. From the birth of photography to copying painting to becoming oneself, every step and every node has key figures to promote the development of photography.

Now is the era of national photography, and the threshold of photography has been lowered. You can shoot the scenery and people you want with your mobile phone. Although your work may not be art, you can still express your thoughts.

Technology determines the lower limit and aesthetics determines the upper limit. Photography is already very convenient. If you want photography to reach another realm, or to improve a realm, it is the key to improve your own aesthetics.

Aside from the development of camera technology, it will be another scenery to look at photography from an artistic point of view. I hope you have another understanding of photography.