the main differences and
similarities between portraits in the early days of photography and portraits
today
In the early days,
portrait photography is a fine art portraiture, an
artistic representation, in which the face and expression is predominant. Today photography is also
an artistic representation, but no more focus on face and expression. It can
express everything today. The similarities
are the ability to capture
images and deliver ideas from pictures both in the early days and today.
In
the same year Daguerreotype was invented, the world’s first human portrait was
born.
Robert Cornelius's self-portrait - "The first
light picture ever taken"
In 1839, Robert Cornelius, took a
daguerreotype portrait of himself outside of his family’s store and made the
world’s first human photograph (Santoso, 2006)!
Who was the photographer and who was the subject of photographs in
the past and today?
In the
early days only the person that received well training course were the
photographer. Today everyone
is the photographer when the tool and process of photography
is becoming
more and more cheap and available. In the
early days face and
expression is predominant, while today the subject can be everything.
What was the impact of
technology on the portraits in the past and today?
Because of technology
in the past only a little person can become photographer and are available to
the tools and instruments. Today camera is so easy and convenience to use.
