Conray Blinau Photography
Photography in Uitenhage

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The development of photographic processes began with the recognition that certain chemicals change their hue or color due to their exposure to light. In 1819, John Herschel discovers how he can fix the engraving he has obtained. In 1939, in a photograph of the Du Temple street in Paris, Daguerre shoots the first person. The exposure period, although much shorter than the first photo, was about ten minutes, while the street was moving, less a person who apparently stood there at the time to polish his shoes And two more people sitting at a table. The image is reversed, as is the case with all the dagheteriod photos. This year, this technique has been provided for free to the world. They sensed, demonstrating that it was possible to record the movement. Other important moments are represented by the year 1868 when Louis Ducos du Haron patented a method of coloring the photographs and the year 1888 when the first camera to use Kodak was introduced. The emergence of these visual documents of personal and public history has generated vast changes in people’s perception of history, time, and themselves. Photo has become an indisputable proof of an event or experience. In order to respond to the high interest for more images, the photos have tried to capture as many natural and manufactured phenomena as possible. Thus, at the end of the 19th century most households had photographic collections in three main forms: the family album, albums with views from various parts of the world, and boxes with stereoscopic cards that could create a three dimensional illusion. Therefore, an industry that could produce a result identical to nature would be Absolute Art. From that moment on, all the population, like Narcissus, ran to see their image on a piece of metal. Thus, Roger Fenton, who photographed the Crimean conflict, and Mathew Brady, who documented the Civil War in America, were the first to provide graphical proofs from the front, showing the home of the real face of the wars. In the Crimean War, the realism of the photographs, though they did not show fights, explosions, wounds, blood (because the worsening of the war was desired to divert the public’s attention from the unfair military management of the government) also impressed those who were left behind. About the civil war in America, historians say it has changed the war in many ways. First, it allowed families to keep a representation of those who left home, but also gave the soldiers a chance to have a picture of them with their loved ones. In fact, for the first time, images representing both the horror of the war and the bodies were presented. Thus, the terrible reality of the war was made known, and through these pictures no one could deny it. These black-and-white images have changed homeworkers’ perception of what’s been done on the front, demonstrating what is repulsive, brutal, disgusting and hideous, thus transforming the population into eyewitnesses of carnage. Photography as a model of objectivity for journalism and manipulation of truth. The most important thing about photojournalism was that it was able to illustrate the problems of society and present it to the whole population. This has led to a change in the opinion of many people on society. Also, due to photojournalism, advertising and the notion of product promotion emerged, whereby companies could show their customers what they are selling.