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Portraits and snapshots
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Portraits and snapshots

Since the Civil War, portrait and snapshot photography have provided a visual history of life - and transformed society. This program explores how professional and amateur photographers capture the essence of people while considering the intensely p...

Photography: making art and recording life
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Photography: making art and recording life

Once strictly considered a visual recording device, the camera has expanded beyond its documentational niche and made places for itself in the worlds of fine art, advertising, and news media as well. This program describes existing and emerging genr...

Decoding photographic images
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Decoding photographic images

When setting up a shot, a photographer works with composition, lighting, and color to create a subliminal subtext that reinforces or even carries the meaning of his or her subject. This program illustrates how basic components of photography - line,...

Photography and the brain
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Photography and the brain

How do photographic images evoke meaning and emotion? To understand that, viewers first need to understand how the eyes and brain process input from the visual world. After an overview of the biomechanics of vision, this program explains how proximi...