Snap Judgements

1. Around 80 billion photographs are taken every year.
   
   

2. 

   Gregory Crewdson artwork

   Gregory Crewdson creates his images by setting up a film-like scene, using a production team and cinematic lighting to create the perfect moment he wants to photograph. Crewdson also uses a photography director, and doesn't take the photograph himself. This is because he see the art as the scene he creates, and uses photography as a way of recording this.
   
   
3. The prints that command the highest price are those that are rare vintage print with a perfect pedigree and an interesting image, crafted by the photographer. One example of this is Edward Steichen's “The Pond-Moonlight” (1904). Only three were ever produced, and is one of the world's highest priced images.
   
   

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   John Kerry and Jane Fonda's fake
   photograph

   A fake photograph is a print that has been made from a photo, instead of from negatives. They also include photos that have been edited together, whether with film or using Photoshop, and passed off as one complete image. One example of this is the image of John Kerry and Jane Fonda at a Vietnam anti-war rally. The image was created by fixing two separate images together, made to look as though they are sat next to each other. It was later revealed that this was a fake photograph.
   
   
5. Photography in China use to be heavily restricted and used a lot for propaganda. Li Zhensheng is a Chinese photographer who during the 1960 and early 70s, was a Red Army news soldier, a photojournalist covering the new revolutionary changing occurring in China.
   
   
6. Founded in 1947 by photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson, the photography association Magnum is seen as the photographers “holy of holies”. Martin Parr is also a member of Magnum, but unlike other members, he had to fight hard to get his type of photography recognised by this association. This was because his work was very different from any of the work produced by other Magnum members.
   
   

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   Jeff Wall's "The Destroyed room"

   Jeff Wall is a Canadian large scale photographer who constructs his images. When looking at Wall's work, Ben Lewis believes he has taken photography back to the 19^th century to be painting-like, where everything is constructed for meaning. Lewis also says that Wall's feeds in a lot of concerns such as concerns about gender and racial stereotypes.
   
   
8. The famous photograph, “La Vall'e du l'Huisne" was originally taken by “Frank Mustard”, but was originally believed to be taken by Camilli Silvy. This is because Silvy edited this photo in the 19^th century. He dividing the classes so they are on separate parts and the river. He also added in an artificial sky and added more leaved to the trees so the image looked how he wanted it to look.