All About Photography

Today, photography has developed mainly in three sectors, besides other scientific or technical considerations. On one side are the field of graphic newspaper report, which aims to capture the outside world as it appears before our eyes, and advertising. On the other we have the photograph as an artistic, expressive and interpretive purposes.

The report includes documentary photography and graphic press, and usually not normally handle. Typically, the photographer used the techniques and development processes required to capture an image under existing conditions. Although this type of photography is often described as objective, there is always somebody behind the camera, which will inevitably choose what to capture. With respect to objectivity, we must also consider the purpose and use of the photo essay, photos more real, and perhaps the most unbiased, can be used as propaganda or advertising purposes, decisions that in most cases not depend on the photographer.

On the contrary, art photography is totally subjective, whether manipulated or not. In the first case, light, focus and camera angle can be managed to alter the appearance of the image, the developer and printing processes are changed at times to achieve the desired results, and photography is capable of combining with other elements to get a form of artistic composition, or for aesthetic experimentation.

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