Lecture 11: To Capture a moment

Question 1

Who is Joseph Niepce (1765 - 1833)?

Answer 1

He is a french inventor but partially a chemist/scientist

Question 2

What did Joseph Niepce discover?

Answer 2

Looking to re-use/recycle the poisonous byproducts of industrialization which is bitumen (asphalt)

Question 3

What did Joseph Niepce mixed the black substance with?

Answer 3

Mixed bitumen and turpentine that made a black paint that is photosensitive (1826)

Question 4

What is the process of doing photography?

Answer 4

1. He used a tin-plate that is covered in bitumen
2. Inserting the tin-plate to the camera obscura
3. Left it there for 18 mins that result in the final process of photography which is called, Heliography

Question 5

What does Heliography mean?

Answer 5

Means writing in light

Question 6

When did Joseph Niepce meet the Royal Society of London?

Answer 6

1827, he met the Royal Society of London but would not hear from them after 2 years.

Question 7

What did Joseph Niepce do after 2 years?

Answer 7

He collabed with a French artist, Louis Daguerre (1787–1851)

Question 8

What happen to Joseph Niepce’s invention?

Answer 8

Stolen by Daguerre which was named, “Dagurreotype” instead of Heliography. This make himself the “inventor” of photography

Question 9

What is Dauerre’s first photo?

Answer 9

Boulevard du Temple (1839) which cannot be duplicated as it was the form of calligraphy

Question 10

What is the purpose of photographers?

Answer 10

It was to show the inner characters of the individual through emotions and profession

Question 11

Who is Charles Baudelaire?

Answer 11

A famous art critic that argue that photography should be banished as it wasn’t real art. He was kicked out of art exhibits in Paris

Question 12

Who is Countess Castiglione?

Answer 12

A spy apart from being a noble

Question 13

Who is Fredrick Scott Archer (1813–1857)?

Answer 13

He is a sculptor/artist that made Roman and Greek Statues

Question 14

What did Fredrick Scott Archer invent?

Answer 14

He invented the collodian process (1851) as a way to preserve and duplicate photos. This make photography become an industrial process

Question 15

What is the collodian process?

Answer 15

A glass that is pre-manufactured that is coated with gun cotton. The gun cotton is made of mixed nitric acid and sulfuric acid. This was sent to the factory that is covered in black paper to prevent light.

Question 16

What is the impact of collodian process?

Answer 16

It no longer require the tin-plate and bitumen process

Question 17

What else did Fredrick Scott Archer invent?

Answer 17

He introduces collodian (negative) and albumen print (positive) that has excellent tonal range.

Albumen print is made of egg whites and silver dust

Question 18

How was Fredrick Scott Archer forgotten?

Answer 18

He was forgotten as he didn’t care about money

Question 19

Who took Fredrick Scott Archer’s invention?

Answer 19

Dizdari, a photographer, that would mass produce albumen print and rename it as Carte de Visite (1854)

Question 20

What is the camera obscura (C. 1000 AD)

Answer 20

It was a wooden box, lens, and reflecting mirror

Question 21

What did artist do with the camera obscura?

Answer 21

Use camera obscura as screen projectors to paint their images

Question 22

Who is used as an example for camera obscura

Answer 22

Leonardo da Vinci would be one of the artist that would use the camera obscura to paint his work

Question 23

How did camera change over time?

Answer 23

They eventually get smaller and smaller

Question 24

What was the purpose of Collodion dry plate cameras (1855 - 1888)?

Answer 24

They were use for outdoor photography

Question 25

Who is George Eastman (1900)?

Answer 25

He invented the film camera that can take multiple exposures

Question 26

What is the name of the film camera?

Answer 26

It was named the Kodak, which was cheap and mass produced

Question 27

What was the true marvel behind the film camera?

Answer 27

It can hold up to 100 exposure in one cartridge

Question 28

What happens if the film camera has an empty cartridge?

Answer 28

They would print the films and would reload the cartridge

Question 29

What is the impact of the film camera?

Answer 29

It no longer requires photographers. It was made available to everyone including women.

Question 30

What is the 35 mm camera (C. 1914–2000)?

Answer 30

The camera belonged to Leica in WWI and WWII which is known to be the best because of their lenses. Commonly used by reporters

Question 31

What is the difference between the film camera and 35 mm camera?

Answer 31

35 mm camera can hold up to 24 - 34 exposures but is much smaller than the film camera

Question 32

What is the size of the spy camera?

Answer 32

It’s about the size of a dot from a Canadian loonie

Question 33

What did Kodak invent in 1975?

Answer 33

Digital cameras

Question 34

What is the tape?

Answer 34

It’s a magnetic tape that can store data

Question 35

What was invented in 1986?

Answer 35

Kodak introduce workable microprocessor or megapixel DCS sensor, which convert light into digital picture.

Question 36

Who made the first commercial cameras?

Answer 36

Nikon as Kodak would make their product commercial in 1991

Question 37

What did Nikon F3 (1991) use?

Answer 37

It used Kodak’s DCS sensor

Question 38

What was produce in 1994?

Answer 38

Apple Quick Take

Question 39

Why was Nikon more successful than Apple?

Answer 39

The aesthetics

Question 40

When was Joseph Niepce recognized?

Answer 40

“View from the Window at Le Gras” (1846) was discovered from the trunk of the Royal Society of London

Question 41

Are images subjective or objective?

Answer 41

It was subjective as photographers wanted viewers to see

Question 42

Is photography a product of the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 42

Yes