Activity #9

Because of the invention of the camera, visual art has become much more than just paintings and sculptures. Since its development, art is no longer just a fantasy or a reproduction of a reality. It is now composed of real beings and authentic figures to create masterpieces. The look of photography has changed drastically since it was first developed. Towards the beginning, all photographs were in black and white and were mostly beneficial for portraits of important political and social figures as well as natural land/cityscapes. Because of the long exposure time needed to create a photo, there wasn’t much variety in photography until it was shortened years later. Still mainly in black and white, photography became compared to paintings, where artists (photographers) would have models pose and create a specific scene. Photographers would also be inspired by everyday life and the occurrences that happened at that moment to create a work of art by simply taking a photograph of the happenings of the day. Years later, photography became much more colorful and very abstract now that computer technology became more advanced. What’s more popular now is that artists would use normal photos, upload them to the computer and edit them to form whatever creation they have in mind, making the finished product look totally different from the original. Photography, first developed for special occasions and professionals, has become so technically advanced so that it is so easy to, making it open to any and everyone.