Essays on Photography

Introduction In March of 1980, Roland Barthes wrote a book called Camera Lucida. In the book, Barthes describes what photography is and what it means to him. In 1972, John Berger wrote a book, similar to Barthes’s, called ‘Appearances.’ Though the books had the same…

Generally, photovoltaics can be grouped into first, second and third generation photovoltaics. First generation of photovoltaics are typically made from polycrystalline due to its vast availability and can achieve up to almost 28% of conversion efficiency. Monocrystalline are more effective but also can be more…

The first self-photograph ever taken in history was by a man named Robert Cornelius in 1893. It was a daguerreotype of himself. Several selfies have been taken since then, although the concept has popularized amongst the youth only in the past few years. According to…

Out of all the photographers in the world I find most inspiring is Annie Leibovitz. She is one of my favorite photographers because she takes pictures of a lot of my favorite actors/actresses. She takes pictures in a way that is hard to explain. She…

Introduction As a photographer, I prefer to use photographs to record the changes in my life and family, and use them as a bridge to connect memories. Since I often move to a new place and change my living and studying environment, my concept of…

I chose photographer for my career because, so far what i’ve done in high school was take photography, so far my experiences have been the greatest thing i’ve ever done. We’ve done so many things in that class that we didn’t know were possible, one…

In the year 1949, a photographer happened upon a small closely-tied community comprised of mainly Mexican-American residents. The small village like settlement according to the video, was located upon a hill that happened to have an overlooking view of downtown Los Angeles. Don Normark, (the…

The Flatiron is the one of the most definitive images of the New York city. It was captured by Alfred Stieglitz in 1903. The name of this photograph is The Flatiron. This photograph gained its name from the building Flatiron which is in New York….

What should you expect when you go to have a portrait made? You just dress up and go to the studio and say “Cheese”… Right? Oh, hell no!Yes, you could just walk in and let the photographer take care of everything. And you could come…

A very captivating way to see people’s emotions is photography. Through photos, people can understand a lot about somebody life. As usual, pictures with children describe sincere emotions, because they cannot lie and hide their feeling. Pictures from the 911 terrorist attack in New York…