ch. 2.8 Flashcards
Camera obscura
Latin for dark room) used for centuries as an aid to drawing
Daguerrotypes
a photograph taken by an early photographic process employing an iodine-sensitized silvered plate and mercury vapor.
Photojournalism
The use of photography to tell a news story•Some of earliest examples date back to the Civil War
“Artistic” Photographs
Labor-intensive methods, similar to those of traditional artists•Manual and digital technology to assemble elements in the composition•Scenes are created that did not exist before the artist made them
Photocollage and Photomontage
Photocollage and Photomontage•Fragments of separate materials (photo-based and pre-printed) are glued together to form an image
Photocollages
are unique artworks that are not generally reproduced
Photomontages
are made to be reproduced (re-photographed or scanned)