Advancement Of Photography To Film: Alice Guy Blanche

Photography to Film Without the advancement and constant utilization of photography so many things would have been lost with time. Without photography many would be blind to the world, film would not exist, and most of the imagery used around us would no longer be a part of our daily lives. Many people who have contributed to the documentation of history and art would be gone. The transition from fine art would have never happened, and Picasso would have never rose to such fame and popularity. In this essay we will analyze the advancement of photography and its contribution to film, photographers and their contributions to photography and society, and how many major publications have been affected by photography. Photography has changed

She wrote, directed, and produced over 700 films. Her career began as a secretary for Leon Gaumont. Gaumont was a pioneer of the motion picture industry. She was exposed filmmakers such as Lumiere Brothers and witnessed the first motion picture "The arrival of a train". She recognized that this type of film was more a documentary style of filmmaking, and later approached her employer stating "I thought I could do better" (Morrow). Gaumont then supported Blanche's proposal and provided her with what she needed to create her first films. Blanche notes that if Gaumont had even thought she would have exceeded him in success and popularity she would have never been given the opportunity. Her first film "The Cabbage Fair" filmed in 1896 depicted a fairy who lived in a cabbage patch and pulled crying infants out of the ground giving them life. Blanche went on to release hundreds of other films, and later moved to the US. There she built a state of the art studio and continued to create. Many of her work is lost due to highly flammable film stock, and film formats that can no longer be processed. Her legacy lives on, and she continues to be an influence for female filmmakers.

Edward Curtis was an American photographer whose work captures the American West and Native Americans. He has taken over 40,000 images documenting the ethnographic information of over 80 American Indian tribes between 1900 and 1930 (PBS). Without his work assimilation would have resulted in the false documentation of the Native American peoples. His work presented his subjects in a very traditional way. He photographed reenactment battles, moving camp, ceremonies, and their daily actives were