The document discusses different types of photography including portrait, documentary, fine art, fashion, photo journalism, advertising, and landscape photography. Portrait photography aims to represent a person's face and personality, while documentary photography chronicles significant historical events. Fine art photography is meant to be appreciated visually, often featuring edited, color photos. Famous photographers are discussed for each type, such as Diane Arbus for portraits and David Burnett for photo journalism.
2. Portrait
• A portrait is either a painting, drawing, photograph or engraving of a
person, in the face and in their personality.
• A portrait is used to represent a person in the face and their personality
• The cameras have changed as now, they have better quality and the
pictures can have work done to them.
• One of the famous portrait photographer is called, DianeArbus (1923-
1971)
Diane Arbus
3. Documentary
• Documentary photography usually refers to a popular form of
photography used to chronicle significant and historical events.
• It’s used to record chronicle, significant and historical events
• It’s changed over time as now technology has developed and become
more advanced.
• A famous Documentary photographer, is Erica McDonald.
Erica McDonald
4. Fine Art
• Fine art is, a creative art. Products are to be appreciated primarily and is a
visual art.
• It is used for adverts and mostly in magazines.
• In the 20th Century photos were mostly black, white and sepia. Most were
of old fashioned things. Now it’s in colour and edited by technology.
• A famous fine art photographer is called,Arthur Leipzig
Arthur Leipzig
5. Fashion
• It’s genre of photography displaying clothing and other fashion interns.
• It’s use to display clothing and other fashion items, to promote and
advertise.
• Technology evolved as the photography evolved (types of shots)
• A famous fashion photographer is called, Sébastien Kim.
Sebastian Kim
6. Photo Journalism
• The art of using a photograph, is to tell a news story.
• Photo Journalism has been a mainstay in newspapers because, of how it
can get across a message quickly to the reader.
• The golden age of photo journalism in the 1930s- 1950s, was where the
art had really taken off, getting many of the standards that art is still
measured by.
• A couple of famous Photo Journalism photographers are, David Burnett
and Robert Capa.
David BurnettRobert Capa
7. Advertising
• Photography is the single most important element of most advertising
campaigns.
• Its used to persuade the audience to buy their products.
• At the beginning of the 20th century articles devoted to advertising.
• A famous advertising photographer is called, Ian Jackson.
Ian Jackson
8. Landscape
• Photos of long lasting environment which is un touch by man.
• Used to advertise different places and can be used as art.
• It wasn’t changed apart from the increase of technology.
• A Photographer associated with this is, Adam Burton.
Adam Burton
