Midterm

Question 1

Objectives Arago saw for the development of photography

Answer 1

document archaeological finds. useful for science because photography is exact

Question 2

Objectives FoxTalbot saw for the development of photography

Answer 2

print and reproduce images based off the way light hits the object

Question 3

what makes daguerrotype suitable for painters

Answer 3

rich tones, detailed precision, accuracy of lines, nicety of forms

Question 4

what makes daguerrotype suitable for workers (hieroglyphics)

Answer 4

faster (from 10-12 or 2-3 mins depending on lighting) for copying hieroglyphics on top egyptian temples and documenting historical monuments. less people also needed

Question 5

what makes daguerrotype suitable for anyone

Answer 5

no knowledge of art/drawing needed

Question 6

what makes calotype suitable for documentation

Answer 6

more truthful than text

Question 7

what makes calotype suitable for anyone

Answer 7

no knowledge of art/drawing needed

Question 8

what makes a photo erotic or academic?

Answer 8

the boundaries between them are fluid. the answer is an opinion found by the viewer.

Question 9

what are commodity fetishes?

Answer 9

objects that come with a promise (happiness, status, fulfillment). facilitates beyond what it actually does.

Question 10

therapeutic gaze

Answer 10

clinical/medical images or patients

Question 11

disciplinary gaze

Answer 11

surveillance/judicial discourse to regulate criminals

Question 12

difference visually between Nadar and Galton

Answer 12

Nadar- crisp, clear, sharp. formal, posed. space used to bring you in. movement. pleasing to look at.

Galton- grainy, blurry. straight forward. used simply to record. (did multiple exposure to trace common features of diff. types of people.) (Eugenics)

Question 13

Lavater

Answer 13

theory on physiognomy (shape of head determines how a person is - big forehead = wisdom)

Question 14

icon

Answer 14

resembles object to which it refers, not object itself (apple’s logo of an apple)

Question 15

symbol

Answer 15

stands for an object/idea without looking like it or being caused by it (statue of liberty)

Question 16

index

Answer 16

physically caused by the object to which it refers (thumb print)

Question 17

drawback of daguerrotype

Answer 17

blemishes, dirt or torn clothes registered clearly on them. considered too real for portraiture, which is supposed to soften and transform the subject.

Question 18

Bertillon created what?

Answer 18

system to identify a criminal, front and side view photos. some features of the body do not change so we isolate those parts that stay the same. limit body to 12 measurements and catalogue them.