FMP - Research (Historical, Cultural, Contemporary)

Historical

How people took portrait photographs and painted people in the renaissance;

1.       It would take 2-3 minute exposure to take a photograph so people had to be very still.

2.       Usually they are emotionless (not smiling) because it was easiest to stay still.

3.       The first or the earliest photograph that was recorded was by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826-7.

4.       The first photograph to have a human being in the shot was made in Paris 1838 by Louis Daguerre called “Boulevard du Temple”.

5.       The first ever self-portrait photograph was by Robert Cornelius in 1839.

Camera Obscura (or a latin name for “dark chamber”);

1.       Using a portable box with mirrors inside, it is possible to project a right-side-up image, which would project onto the paper you’re creating the image on. Almost like tracing round an image.

     Daguerreotype (or Daguerreotypy);

2.       It was the first publically photographic process

3.       It was a polished sheet of silver-plated copper to a mirror finish, it was treated with fumes that made it light-sensitive, exposed the copper in a camera, crated the image by fuming it with mercury vapour, removed the sensitivity by liquid chemical treatments, rinsed it , dried it and it created the image behind the glass in a protective space.

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Contemporary

·  News – We’re losing the ability to read facial expressions

·  Society’s technology advances are destroying childrens and other people use to communicate with others around the them

·  We are turning into machines

·  We are becoming emotionless and empty shells of ourselves

·  We are damaging our hunger and need to physical attachment to our human beings

·  The need for other human communication is diminishing rapidly.

·  We’ll end up not wanting others around each other

News articles;

1.       http://national.deseretnews.com/article/2235/face-time-vs-screen-time-the-technological-impact-on-communication.html - shows how the statistics of people owning a mobile phone and how the world is being taken over by technology as that we have no need to meet up as much with others or needed to talk to them face to face anymore. Lessening the importance of physical communication with others people.

2.       http://www.forbes.com/sites/amymorin/2014/08/26/is-technology-ruining-our-ability-to-read-emotions-study-says-yes/ - children are losing the ability to read facial expressions and emotion with others, as technology like iPads, computers and phones are taking over childhoods all around the world. Social skills are life skills that we learn over time and we are making that difficult to gain for the next generation. The declining use of social skills could be disastrous for the future of the next generations e.g.; jobs that require you to talk to others easily, bonding with older people (or adults) or other people their own age. We are creating almost like autistic children because of these devices.

3.       http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/smartphones-are-making-children-borderline-autistic-says-psychiatrist-10203570.html - (relates to the previous article). We are creating kids that show no emotion when talking to psychiatrists.

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Cultural

Monkeys and Apes are like human beings and they can only relate and communicate with us & their emotions through their body language and facial expressions.

• Shows the importance of expression of living creatures and the ability to communicate with others and a social need in order to live a healthy happy life.
• Robert Cornelius' first self photograph could be classed as the first "selfie" ( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/05/worlds-first-selfie-1839-robert-cornelius_n_4392804.html )