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From Present into the Future: Photography

Now photography became a kind of art, specialexample, photographed poor streets in London,
exhibitions took place and so being the partThomas Annan made photos of the slums of
of culture photography couldn't helpGlasgow, Paul Martin portrayed poor
influencing the development of this culture.conditions in New York. Photography was and
The development of this art in England wasis  now  the mean to fight against injustice.
much slower, if compared with other western
countries. British government didn't take anyPhotography has changed the face of western
steps to help photography to be widelyart. There can be doubts if the photography
spread, while such countries as Franceis a kind of art but despite all the doubts
invested new achievements in this sphere andboth, people of art and ordinary people have
helped  photography  pioneers  by  all means.felt the changes. Some artists state that
photography will gradually replace painting.
The new horizons in photography were openedIt possesses all qualities the painted
with the help of Frederick Scott Archer andpictures do but, in addition, it is less time
his process of collodion, which reducedconsuming and requires less money. Both,
exposure time to two seconds. The next steppainters and photographers, have same goals
in the photography development was Dr.when creating their works. In addition, the
Richard Maddox's invention. He proposed tosphere of photography applications is much
use Gelatin for a basis of negatives insteadwider than that of painting. It included some
of glass. Of course, it was the best and thepractical applications, the range of which is
fastest technique to develop dry photographicextending every day. In the beginning,
plates.photographers had the same function as
painters. They took pictures of landscapes,
All in all, the period when photos could bepeople, and different compositions.
taken without photographer and any specialPhotography was a part of visionary art.
knowledge came. From this time, this artAfter some time, the range of photography use
started its' rapid development. A number ofbecame extended and it was used for
people appeared who decided to occupyscientific  purposes  as  the recording tool.
themselves with photography professionally.
Also, there were photographers-amateurs whoIn the year 1840, Talbot has made some new
take photos only for fun and for pleasure.inventions in photography that later became a
Further inventions were aimed to improve justsuccess. Actually, it's his principles that
separate  aspects  in  photography  process.modern photography is based on. His new
principle became very popular, as his
Photography is a kind of art. If earlier artphotography was printed on paper. He decided
was distant from real life and artists wereto use glass as a basis for negatives but had
lofty and far away from life realia, with thea few problems. Then, in 1848 Abel Nipce,
help of photography it became possible toNicephore Nipce's cousin coated a glass plate
combine these two spheres. From the firstwith egg white and so partly solved the
days of photography existence it became theproblem. This new process of making photos
mean of social protest. Richard Beard, forwas better, but required more time.



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