Fashion Photography

In this lesson we looked at different Fashion Photography shoots and watched a ten minute video.We looked back at some of the most historical pictures taken by people such as Cecil Beaton who famously shot a memorable fashion photograph. Also we looked at the history of Fashion Photography and when it all started.

My arguement is about how fashion photographs are manipulated to make them look both flawless, and unbelievably beautiful.
Many fashion photographs are manipulated on Photoshop to edit out any flaws, spots, or blemishes in order for the photo to be 'picture perfect' many celebrities are even going as far as sueing photographers because their photos are being manipulated. Below are a few examples of manipulated fashion photographs.

 This picture is a classic example of photo manipulation. Lady Gaga has posed for the front cover of Vogue a famous fashion magazine in America, only she has been airbrushed and edited. Her skin has been made to look flawless and her eyebrows so light we can't see them. this is a perfect example of a fashion photograph because it's bold. bright and eye catching. However photos like this do not send a positive image to girls around the world. Fashion magazines are sending out a negative message that this is what a 'perfect' girl/women looks like which isn't the case.
Girls around the world are being subjected to photos like this in order to feel good about them selves.

Below is a picture which hasn't been edited to show people the difference.







This is a picture of Sasha Pivovarova a famous model and this picture is a model shoot which hasn't been edited. This picture unluike Gaga's Vogue shoot hasn't been photoshopped or edited. This picture shows Sasha's flaws and blemishes and sends a much more positive image to girls around the world that not every girl is 'perfect' and no picture is 'picture perfect'.


Fashion Photography made it's first appearance in a french magazine called La Mode Practique in 1909. Conde Nast took over the famous Vogue magazine and also contributed to the beginnings of fashion photography.
Cecil Beaton transformed fashion phoography into an outstanding art form. Europe and Germany was for a short time the leader in fashion photography.
Below is a famous fashion photo taken by Cecil Beaton 1936.

On the left is the famous Hat Box photo taken by Cecil Beaton in 1936, and on the right is a 21st Century remake using a famous Model; Sophie Ellis-Bextor.

Photo Journalism - War Photography.

Robert Cappa.

Robert Cappa photographed War Journalism, and he worked for Life Magazine. It has been said that he found the war romatic. 

Cappa was the only Journalist to go along side the troops on D-Day, after the war he started taking pictures on set of Alfred Hitchcocks famous film Notorious.

Tony Vaccaro

Vaccaro took pictures of Soliders during the second world war. He wouls always use Speed Graphic, and Angus C3.However Vaccaro did not find the war romantic unlike Cappa. Vaccaro often risked his life to take good pictures, and went on to develop the pictures, on the battlefield by using the soliders helmets. After the war had finished he then went on to take pictures of the re-building of Germany.

Roger Fanton

Roger fanton famously took the picture titled 'The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death'

 This is the famous picture taken by Roger Fanton.

 

Photo Journalism Part One

Henri Cartier Brassen

                                                    

In this lesson we watched a short film on Henri Cartier Brassen. He was the first person to take a decisive moment photo. It was taken in 1933 and it was of a man jumping over a puddle in Paris. A decisive moment is when a picture is taken within a split second of movement. You are trying to capture what is happening at the time.

We also learned about the Leica camera which was the first camera to have a lens where you can see everything happening from your other eye, because with other cameras the lens covers your eye and restricts what you can see.