Writing Homework Help

Write 300 words minimum post that respond to the below prompt, and include your opinion. At the end of your post, put down the number of words you have written:

Write a short, imaginative yet empirically-grounded essay in which you assume a nineteenth-century persona (character) and then describe–in the form of a short diary entry, letter, or news account–your first encounter with a photograph when it was first introduced

Consider as precisely as possible the physical characteristics of the image and consider what else would strike you immediately about this new visual form. Specify as best you can the kinds of expectations about pictures you brought to this encounter and drew upon in your evaluation of the new medium; of course, such contacts and expectations would depend largely on your social and geographic position, so try to make clear your location in the world.

Source:

• Illuminating photography: From camera obscura to camera phone
• Lecture Video – Module 1 and the pdf file of the powerpoint slide (below)
• Before Photography – Photographic Processes Series
• The Daguerreotype – Photographic Processes Series
• Photographic Processes | The Calotype – Video by Victoria and Albert Museum