Bellwork

What if you lost every photograph, digital or printed, that you and your family owns?

Which ones would you miss the most, and why?

Be prepared to share the “why” part of your answer. You will not need to share specifics about the photograph unless you wish to.

Joplin, Missouri

PhotographyThe Beginnings

Objective

KnowWhere, when and by whom photography was first

accomplished.The impact photography has had on America since its

creation.ShowName the first known person to successfully create a

printed photograph.Watch Part 1 of American Photography: A Century of Images

and identify at least three significant ways that photography has impacted American society.

Level of ThinkingUnderstand

Everything is a Remix

In the Beginning

Everything Was There

All the discoveries that needed to be made, were done well before the first photograph in 1839

1600s - Robert Boyle reported that silver chloride turned dark under exposure

1600s - Angelo Sala noticed that powdered nitrate of silver is blackened by the sun

1727 - Johann Heinrich Schulze discovered that certain liquids change colour when exposed to light

1800s - Thomas Wedgwood successfully captured images, but his silhouettes could not survive as there was no known method of making the image permanent

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

1826, Chalon-sur-Saône, France

Louis Daguerre

France

Daguerrotype

Daguerre

William Fox Talbot

1835Lacock AbbeyPrint from oldest photographic negative in existence.

Calotype

Fox Talbot

Flowers, Leaves, Stem

Photogram

Fox Talbot

American PhotographyA Century of Images

While You are Watching

Identify at least three ways that photography changed America, socially, historically, and culturally.

Be prepared to share your thoughts after the movie.

SnapshotsAn Assignment

Snapshots

A snapshot is a photograph that is taken quickly, without planning. When the Brownie was made available to the public, snapshots ruled the world.

Typically, snapshots are used to remember events and people who hold meaning in the photographer’s life.

Snapshots

Take 20+ snapshots of meaningful people, places, events, or belongings in your life.

You will need to bring them in on either a memory card or flash drive.

Due next Monday.

Everything Was There

Most importantly, camera obscura had been discovered hundreds of years before.

Camera = box/roomObscura = to darken

Camera Obscura = a dark box/room

Camera Obscura and the Eye

Camera Obscura and the Camera