LLCU 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Daguerreotype, Calotype
5 Apr 2017
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The moment it"s signed, it"s an original. Many artists make fakes of their own work o. Copies are not originals, but since they"re all made by the same person, they"re not fakes. The moment you sign something, you take responsibility for it (contract, cheque, house) Signature signifies that your person is committed to what is being signed. Camera obscura: room with a small hole in the middle of the wall, where light would pass through. 19th century: first printed photographs o o. 2nd method = calotype: paper coated in chemicals would produce the negative, and when put against another paper, gives us the positive. Depth in non-digital photography is unachievable digitally. We can reproduce the appearance of reality. Object will intrinsically have a signified, but the way the photograph is taken may change the perception of the object. Photograph is almost like a death experience o.
