Photo done back at 19s

Process for obtaining 19th century photographs developed by Karl Klíc which involves the transfer of a photographic image to a copper plate. This process was time consuming and required a lot of patience from the photographer. A photogravure has all the qualities of a photograph, this brings the art of photography into engraving, translating all the most delicate shades of gray, combined with the depth of a metal engraving. Photogravure is a direct printing process, whose name derives from the cylindrical shape and the rotary principle of printers used at that time. It's different from other methods in that all the originals have to go through a "recycling" process. The first design of a printing matrix machine with some features of photogravure was made in 1784 by Thomas Bell. However, the first design of a rotary printing equipment to use the photogravure process was in 1860, and is due to Karl Klic, who is considered "The Father" of photogravure.

Karl Klic 

In according to Trabalhos Feitos;  In Photoengraving, printing applies the amount of ink to different parts of the printout. This is made possible by engraving cells on a copper and chrome plated cylinder. The gradation of the image's shades is determined by the depth of the cells: the deep ones contain more ink, so they print darker tones; Shallow, less ink results in lighter shades. After being engraved on the copper-coated cylinder, the image is coated with chrome for added strength.

The main feature of photogravure is the extremely high print speed. Because the runs are very large it is usual to work with several large photogravure towers, coupled directly to the finishing system. This implies large printing and finishing parks, producing products already collated (with neat sheets), folded, cut and assembled. Surely you may have seen in the movies or on television, some machines accumulating making newspapers at high speed. Photogravure contributed to photography so that people had faster access to the news. The newspapers were ready in a very fast manner in which it was impressive and revolutionary for the time. Also, the first photo frames were used through the idea of photogravure, as the photogravure was always send to a board, the photographers got the idea to make boards and put the pictures in the journal as well.

 Photogravure

For that time the technology was not the best thing in the world. I meant if we compare the tools we have today and what they had back at XIX century, it is kind of disadvantageous. For that time I believe people were very thankful for everything they have had at that moment because they could not expected something better would come. In the other hand, I believe today we have everything in the palms of our hands. To take a photo we do not need even to make some effort, everything is so easy. Back at that time, they had to wait to see what was going on around the world or even in their own countries. Nowadays, with just one click we can see the news in the whole world with pictures in HD that can even show how big is people's nails. I believe that photogravure changed a lot of things for people who was born in that time but it is very unfair we compare with the technology we got nowadays.

Photo taken by me in a soccer trip.

I chose that picture because it reminded me about portrait ways to take pictures, and this picture I took with my cellphone with a portrait effect making the background looks brilliant. 

After research about this technology, I found out a lot of new things that I have never imagined that people back at that time had the idea to do such a nice process to get better pictures. For me, the idea of transfer everything to a plate to get a "better" view or idea of the picture that they just took is such a nice thing to think about it. For me photogravure was a big thing that change the life of the photography and helped a lot of photographers as well.

Sources cited:
http://atelierpiratininga.com/tecnicas/fotogravura/
https://prezi.com/eag85r-bngcg/cianotipo-e-fotogravura/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photogravure

                                                                       

Can Photographs Change the World?

I believe that photographs can change the world for a better world. A lot of people believe in stories that we do not know if it is true or not because we do not have an exactly prove showing us that is real. I know parents always trying to tell little stories to their kids to make them sleep and when the kids grow up they know that was not true it was just a once upon a time story.

Now, imagine if they had something to show them, to prove that was real. In other words people believe in what they see. Words can be altered pictures not. I believe the lies in the world could stop or decrease if people take shots of what is happening. They could prove to all the world what is real or what is not.

When people see photos on the television showing how many people are hungry or how many people are living in the streets it makes people think about what is going on. Photographs can make people see the reality and think about it. If someone says; people are hungry, they do not have anything to eat. You create an image in your head. Now if someone shows you a picture of people hungry you will be surprise because the image can be totally different of that one you made in your head. The TedTalk video really touched me at the point of what we are doing with animals, like what rights do we have to kill them or make them prisoners we do not have to decide for them, we kill them for fun no to survive, it is being crazy.  

That is why I believe photographs can change the world. It can help so many people, and it can help the world to be a better world, if the human being cooperate with it. We can not only save people but we can save animals as well. One photograph and we can arrest a criminal which kill animals "for fun". One photograph and we can help people in the other side of the world. 

 Maria Fernanda Garcia

                                                     Elaine Mafra                            

Book Introduction: Photojournalism

In my opinion photojournalism is when people use pictures to be direct and show what they want to show. They want to that people understand what the picture is showing, they do not want to create more than one meaning in one picture, they want to be simple and direct.

The history of photojournalism and the history of photography go hand in hand. The practice of broadcasting images in the media began early in 1880, through the Daily newspaper in New York.

Photo Source by: Kobre Sidney

The term “photojournalism”, however, was coined only in the early decades of the twentieth century. Its first place of application was the illustrated magazines, which mixed the usual texts with photos. This media peaked in Germany in the 1930's.

Maybe one of the most famous applications of photojournalism is the record of military and civil strife. This action, which I call madness, of covering wars began in 1854, with the registration of the Crimean War (1854 - 1855) by British photographer Roger Fenton.

Photo Source by: Flavio Henrique Lino

At the time, still with much present censorship and influences from other media (such as painting), the photos of wars still used a more artistic language of the realist. The images mostly depicted soldiers in heroic poses or empty battlefields.

The record of post-Crimean War conflicts, however, already bore the characteristics of photojournalism: images recording actions and events as they were.

Photo by: Mirian Scavione

            This is a place called Arraial do Cabo, located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A beautiful place to be visited. I chose this photo because it remembers my country, and every time I look at it I feel at home.
            The photographer had a nice angle to take this picture, a nice view from the top of the mountain, praising the beauty of the beach and the sea. Nice picture by Mirian Scavione.