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View from the Window at Le Gras 1826 or 1827, believed to be the earliest surviving camera photograph. [ 1] Original (left) and colorized reoriented enhancement (right). The history of photography began with the discovery of two critical principles: The first is camera obscura image projection, the second is the discovery that some substances ...
Lanting's wife Christine Eckstrom is a writer, editor, producer, and works on joint books of nature photography. Lanting works in many different parts of the world, including the Amazon basin, Africa and Antarctica. His photographs are regularly published in National Geographic, where he served as photographer-in-residence. [1]
There are 130 known photographs of Abraham Lincoln . Lincoln's features were the despair of every artist who undertook his portrait. The writer saw nearly a dozen, one after another, soon after the first nomination to the presidency, attempt the task. They put into their pictures the large rugged features, and strong prominent lines; they made ...
Natural History Museum. / 51.49611°N 0.17639°W / 51.49611; -0.17639. The Natural History Museum in London is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the others being the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert ...
Fundus photography involves photographing the rear of an eye, also known as the fundus. Specialized fundus cameras consisting of an intricate microscope attached to a flash enabled camera are used in fundus photography. The main structures that can be visualized on a fundus photo are the central and peripheral retina, optic disc and macula.
Nature photography is a wide range of photography taken outdoors and devoted to displaying natural elements such as landscapes, wildlife, plants, and close-ups of natural scenes and textures. Nature photography tends to put a stronger emphasis on the aesthetic value of the photo than other photography genres, such as photojournalism and ...
The discomfort of having one's head fitted into the frame of an iron positioning apparatus could produce startling results: stony stares, wild-eyed glares, and eyes frightened by the staring lens of the camera. [2] Despite some unflattering images, however, photography was establishing a new standard for visual representation.
Pieces from the performer’s 7,000-strong photography archive form “Fragile Beauty” — a glitzy, gritty, joyful and heart-wrenchingly poignant new exhibition.