Photography

Photography Photography was invented in 1939 by Fox Talbot in England and Daugerre in France. Since Aristotle, people have problems people have problems how to fix the image. Talbot and Daugerre solved this problem by their common inventions. When it was first started to use in 1940’s, it was seen as an ‘art’ or lower classes. It is because people do not need to be artist to take photographs. It is used instead of documenting art …

…and image. Victor Burgin’s in his book criticise the idea of a purely visual language, which is free from psychological, social, and cultural constrains. There are systems of signification within the visuals. Finally, Sontag investigates ‘reality’; photography reflects directly images that a photographer sees. However Burgin argues that while analysing a photograph you have to take the social, psychological and cultural effects into consideration which has a great influence on the spectator. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**