URST 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: John Herschel, Photosensitivity, Sun Pictures
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Writing the city with light - the urbanization of photography. The word comes from two ancient greek words --> translates to. Sir john herschel --> a british astronomer, he devised a method in recording an image on sensitized paper. Mozi --> chinese philosopher, was the first to write an idea for the. Camera obscura: when you punch a tiny hole in the side of the box, and the other side of the box has an inverted/upside down image reflected on the other side. Used by astronomers to study the solar eclipse. Artists also used this technique to assist in drawing, they were attempting to get realistic image and did so by using the reflection and painting over it --> e. g. leonardo da vinci. Vermeer (dutch painter) --> people believed that he used camera obscura to get the outline of cities. There is an interplay between the development of photography with art.
