Photography

• What is the role of technology in art?

  • Processing and creating tools
  • Influences art production and appreciation
  • Examples: Photography, digital images, video games, films
• Computers


  Storing and processing data
• Hardware is the physical component, while software provides instructions
• What does the RGB module stand for?

  Red, Green, Blue
• What are the main technology-based art forms?

  • Photography: Capturing images using light
  • Digital Art: Creation of images on computers
  • Video Games: Artistic storytelling using graphics and interaction
  • Films: Visual storytelling using recorded moving images
• Photography


  Drawing with light
• When was photography invented?

  In the 1830s
• Who were early pioneers of photography?

  Niépce and Talbot
• Camera Obscura

  • A natural optical phenomenon projecting images through a small hole
• Who invented the first photographic process known as Heliography?


  Nicéphore Niépce
• What was the first human photograph taken by Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre?

  Boulevard du Temple
• William Henry Fox Talbot's calotype


  It is the foundation for negative-positive photography
• What is the oldest existing camera negative?

  Latticed Window at Lacock Abbey
• Who demonstrated color photography in 1861?

  James Clerk Maxwell
• What did Maxwell's work evolve into?

  The RGB module used in digital screens
• When did mass production of cameras begin?

  In 1888 with Eastman's Kodak camera
• What was Kodak's slogan?

  "You press the button, we do the rest."
• Name a notable artist in photography.

  Henri Cartier-Bresson
• Who is known as the father of photojournalism?

  Henri Cartier-Bresson
• Who was the first female to win the Newspaper Photographer of the Year?

  Carol Guzy
• Dr. Harold Edgerton


  known for pioneering high-speed photography
• Who is recognized as a celebrated South African war photographer?

  Kevin Carter
• Who is the first Filipino photographer?

  Felix Laureano
• Xyza Cruz Bacani


  A Filipina street and documentary photographer born in 1987
• Technology - deals with processing, creating tools, and material extraction
• Camera Obscura - Used for hyper-realistic drawing
• Camera Obscura - Secretly used by Renaissance artists for accurate reproduction
• Camera Obscura - Prototype of the modern camera
• Annie Leibovitz - Iconic pop-photographer known for celebrity portraits.