Outcome 2

Loretta Lux

Loretta Lux Self Portrait 

Loretta Lux was born 1969, she is by far one of the few artists who has been able to change my views on digital photography. She is proof that the digital age has brought great things in the world of art. 
Most of her work is of young children, she says she enjoys photographing children as they are the most honest subjects. 
Having a background originally in painting, this inspired her to use computer manipulation. She takes the photo and then change, blur and even distort her subjects. 
She has complete control over her work as she changes the background and chooses the poses and facial expressions of the children she is photographing. 

A lot of her photos have no real meaning behind them, so it's hard to interpret her work. But the soft colours and expressions on the children's face seem to indicate a sense of innocence. 

There is something rather disturbing about her photos; the way the children look, their eyes and vacant expressions. Although she does use photo manipulation to create the odd atmosphere, I do really love her work.

Annie Leibovitz

Annie Leibovitz was born on October 2nd 1949. In 1970 she began a career as a staff photographer working in the newly launched magazine Rolling Stone. 

She sought intimate moments with her subjects, who "open their hearts and souls and lives to you".

On December 8th 1980, She was sent to do a photo shoot with John Lennon for Rolling Stone. It was in this shoot that she captured John Lennon with Yoko Ono in a photograph that revealed their relationship to the world. In the photograph we see Lennon exposed, nude, and vulnerable, holding on tightly to the strong and serious Yoko Ono. This photograph was taken spontaneously and was the last photograph ever taken of John Lennon~

One of my favourite photos (mostly because Scarlett Johansson is by
far one of my favourite actors and also because of the dark atmospheric
feel of the photo. 

I love the realness of her photos, the way she captures her subjects emotions. I really admire her, she's been in the business for so many years that it's easy to interpret her work and see her as a role model for photography! 

Outcome 1

WHAT IS DIGITAL MEDIA?

digital media has came a long way

Digital media is something that has majorly changed the way modern society works, using computer programs and software; (digital video, web pages and websites) to store, create and manipulate other forms of art/digital media.

Digital media often clashes with print media; books, newspapers and magazines.
Also traditional media, such as film or audio tape, which is something that although is still widley used as a popular subject matter for art, it is in compitition with things such as mp3s and downloadable material.

Digital Media's rapid popularity,(usually helped with the Internet) has helped to push the success of publishing, journalism, entertainment, education and politics. 
Academics and other critical opinions point culture leading to a paperless society.

HOW IS IT USED TODAY?

Charles Babbage

Machine-readable codes and information were created by Charles Babbage in the early 1800s.

Since the invention of the first digital computers, computing power and storage capacity have increased dramatically.
Personal computers and smartphones put the ability to access, change and share digital media in the hands of billions of people around the world today.

Many electronic devices such as digital cameras, iPhones and gaming devices have the ability to create, transmit and view digital media. Creations such as facebook and youtube etc, have lead to a straggering increase in these digital devices being used more and more.

Combined with the internet, digital media has changed 21st century society in a way that is often compared to the cultural, economic and social impact of the printing press.

Evolution of Mobile Phones 

Artists today have an extremely wide range of various tools and digital applications to choose from when creating/designing their work;

ANIMATION 

Animations can be done on either analogue media, such as a flip book, motion picture film, video tape, or on digital media; such as animated GIF, Flash animation or digital video.
To display it, a digital camera, computer, or projector are used.

 

FILM

The process of film making is both an art and a money making industry.
Films were first recorded onto plastic film which was shown through a movie projector onto a large screen;

more modern techniques use digitally recorded film which can be used in everyday families (buying a handheld camera)


 

FINE ART

Fine art, from the 17th century on, has been a popular and fantastic way of expression, creating works of art that can either represent real life or abstract.

Generally, the 5 main fine arts art painting, sculpture, architecture, music and poetry, with performing arts including theatre and dance. 
Today, the fine arts can include additional forms, such as film, photography, conceptual art, and printmaking.

Performance art 

Performance art is by far the most intrusive and expressive form of art (in my opinion)

 

The Artist is Present 

 

"From March 14 to May 31, 2010, the Museum of Modern Art held a major retrospective and performance recreation of Marina Abramović's work, the biggest exhibition of performance art in MoMA's history. During the run of the exhibition, Abramović performed "The Artist is Present," a 736-hour and 30-minute static, silent piece, in which she sat immobile in the museum's atrium, while spectators were invited to take turns sitting opposite her. The performance attracted celebrities such as Björk and James Franco."

PHOTOGRAPHY 

Photography is the art of creating and developing images that can be seen, manipulated and used to express.

Modern technology has allowed photography to become something much faster than it ever has been; digital cameras, and camera phones have gave us the ability to have instant access to the photograph (which in my opinion is something that I really dislike) 

Kodak No.2 Brownie box camera 

The use of photographic film was pioneered by George Eastman, who started manufacturing paper film in 1885 before switching to celluloid in 1889.
His first camera, which he called the "Kodak," was a very simple box camera with a fixed-focus lens and single shutter speed.
The Kodak came pre-loaded with enough film for 100 exposures and needed to be sent back to the factory for processing and reloading when the roll was finished.