{"id":21494,"date":"2021-09-16T01:17:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T05:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=21494"},"modified":"2021-09-16T02:22:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T06:22:57","slug":"the-value-of-photography-to-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/the-value-of-photography-to-history\/","title":{"rendered":"the value of photography to history"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Toronto from Toronto Island – from a wood cut in the 1st edition of Picturesque Canada c1882<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. As we sit back in our easy chair and view a colour video clip of a catastrophe (from nature, man, \u00a0or war) on the other side of the globe, we seldom think about the impact photography has had on history.<\/p>\n

No one ever saw an Egyptian pyramid being built – photography did not exist. We see Napoleon at Waterloo only through the mind of the artist who painted the battle – photography did not exist. However; since 1839, we have seen portraits and landscapes not through the mind of a painter, but through the mind of a photographer and<\/em> his camera lens.<\/p>\n

Centuries ago, books and newspapers were mostly text – columns and columns of text relived only by expensive engravings. In the late 19th and early 20th century, the invention of the half-tone process<\/a> allowed photographs instead of engravings to be used and circulated. Without photography, books would use engravings like this one from Picturesque Canada<\/a>, to relieve the tedium of the printed word.<\/p>\n

We would only know history from the imperfect written word (or sometimes an oral history) or by an artist’s rendition of a famous person or event. Some line drawings, like those by Hogarth<\/a>, illustrate the common people and city scenes, often as a criticism of the times or morals.<\/p>\n

So the next time you idly watch a full colour video clip, think about the value and impact of photography on the history of today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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