Under this technological shift, the Crimean War between 18 became the first war that was able to be captured and somewhat realistically represented. Roger Fenton/Library of CongressР”Р„s collodion process revolutionized photography and replaced daguerreotypes and calotypes throughout the world in the 1850s, the cost of time and effort devoted to making photography was largely reduced. Major Hallewell of Britain lounges about while a servant pours him a drink. Valley of the Shadow of Death, April 23, 1855. In this post, I selected some photographs of different historical periods that serve the purpose of documenting or presenting history or social events and analyze the technology, use and social context of them.Р”Р‡irst Photographic Documentation of War: Roger Fenton and the Crimean War(1853-56) As the medium evolved, the content and subject of photographic representation were subsequently changing along with the social and cultural implications. Daguerreotypes were groundbreaking in a sense that it was able to РІР‚СљfixРІР‚Сњ what was projected in a camera obscura. Documentary Photography from the Crimean War to #coronavirusР”Р„s I hastily read through the history of photography, one of the things that reoccurs to me is how the evolution of technology had a huge play in the practice of photography.

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