Portraiture

Application

Portraiture is capturing an image of someone. Mostly the portraits dont show what they are actually like. But some photographers wait for the right moment where the person stops posing and shows there true self. For example Robert Capa was allowed to take make a portrait of Picasso. Picasso done alot of poses but when he realised Robert Capa would not take a picture of him posing his face dropped and that was when Robert Capa took the picture.

Context
You see portraits around peoples houses, art museums and shops.

Technique
Some people do poses and others do nothing some dont even smile. Some people show their true selves and others make themselves look like there high up and important. for example the french king had his portrait of him on top of a horse to make him look bigger than he actually is. Cindy Sherman made her pictures look like they were done in the 1950s.

Photo-Journalism

Application

Photo-journalism is like a time machine, as you can take an image of a moment in time. it also used to be the truth. People used to rely on photos, hense the saying "The camera never lies" But that is no longer the case because of technology today. Henri Cartier - Bresson is a famous photographer for his decisive photos. He would go to a place and visualise the possibilities of what could occur. He would then wait for something to happen and get a shot of it.

Context
photo-journalism is used in magazines, News, Books and the Internet. Images are used in these for advertising or evidence to back up a story.

Technology & Techniques

Henri Cartier - Bresson used a reveloutionary camera called the Leica. This camera was small and portable. Robert Capa also used this camera when he was taking pictures during the war. Tony Vaccaro was issued a Speed graphic camera which was the standard kind of camera for a photographer soldier but this was inconvenient. as it was ridiculously large. He was not as wealthy as Robert Capa so he could not afford a Leica camera so instead he bought an Argus C3.

Intro to photography

Conor Kenneth
Photography to me, is a way to express yourself.