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    Portraiture has evolved from formal painted portraits of nobility to showcase status, to early photographic portraits that did not include smiles due to long exposure times and the newness of the technology. Advances like faster shutters and flash photography allowed photographers to capture smiles and more natural expressions in portraits. Modern studios like Venture Photography embrace technology to tell stories through portraits and capture character beyond just appearances.

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    Portraiture has evolved from formal painted portraits of nobility to showcase status, to early photographic portraits that did not include smiles due to long exposure times and the newness of the technology. Advances like faster shutters and flash photography allowed photographers to capture smiles and more natural expressions in portraits. Modern studios like Venture Photography embrace technology to tell stories through portraits and capture character beyond just appearances.

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    Portraiture has evolved from formal painted portraits of nobility to showcase status, to early photographic portraits that did not include smiles due to long exposure times and the newness of the technology. Advances like faster shutters and flash photography allowed photographers to capture smiles and more natural expressions in portraits. Modern studios like Venture Photography embrace technology to tell stories through portraits and capture character beyond just appearances.

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    Early portraits focused on preserving history and documenting status and power rather than capturing smiles. Technological advances like faster shutters and flash photography have allowed smiles to be captured more easily over time.

    Advancements like the development of photography itself in the 1830s, faster camera shutters, and the introduction of flash photography have allowed smiles to be captured more readily as technology could better 'freeze' motion. Painters and early photographers like Daguerre focused on documenting subjects seriously.

    In early portraits, only the wealthy could afford to commission painted portraits, so portraits mainly showed status and power. As photography became more available to the masses in the late 1800s, portraiture became a way to document families. Costs, trends and perceptions of status have affected portrait subjects and styles over time.

    01

    Portrait
    Photography

    L3 Photography
    Development of the smile
    History 02
    PORTRAITS IN 19TH CENTURY
    For centuries a painted or sculpted portrait was the only way to
    record a face, be it a king, a hero, a socialite or celebrity. The
    invention of photography in 1839 changed all this, giving many
    aspiring photographers the opportunity to earn a good living
    recording the middle class in formal studio portraits.

    to smile or not to smile?


    SMILES - DISCUSSION
    Why did people not smile in early photography?
    Technology v culture
    What technology reasons would there be?
    What social reasons may there be?
    03 Technology
    The first photographs were taken in
    the late 1820s, and the new medium
    developed throughout the rest of the
    century as a practical tool, artistic
    form and social activity.

    Original Purposes:
    Vintage Daguerreotype Camera

    Preserving history
    Recording criminals (Allan
    pinkerton’s national detective
    agency) 1870-
    Preserving the dead, High
    mortality rate
    Popularity rose in 1888 when Eastman
    Kodak company introduced the Kodak
    no.1 camera
    Watch this video https://youtu.be/JoxGEymA8ro
    04
    Social
    POWER, STATUS & NOBILITY
    Portraits and portraiture started out as paintings. Usually, these types of
    portraits were done to show power, status, and nobility and were typically
    reserved for the wealthy. However, once photography became popular in the
    late 1800s with the release of the very first Kodak cameras, portraiture
    became popular and was more available to the masses.
    Portrait and self-portrait photography replaced paintings because of their
    convenience and their ability to capture photos of many people, such as a
    family, all at once without tedious sitting sessions.

    Social
    Say "Cheese"
    05
    Why Do People Always Look So
    Serious in Old Photos?

    time.com/4568032/smile-
    serious-old-photos/

    The few studies of the smile in


    Look so serious in photos

    photography relate the “Say


    cheese” custom to the speedy
    camera shutter, attractive faces
    in media and politics, and the
    rise of dental care which
    created the aesthetic of the
    teeth.
    06
    Item 5 Item 1
    20% 20%

    Item 4 Item 2
    20% 20%

    Painting to Photography
    Item 3
    20%
    07
    Check them
    out

    Marketing Strategy | Fiscal Year 2020


    HTTPS://WWW.DIGITALPHOTOMENTO
    R.COM/FAMOUS-PORTRAIT-
    PHOTOGRAPHERS-HISTORY/
    08
    Freezing the smile

    ADVANTAGE 1 ADVANTAGE 2 ADVANTAGE 3


    Freeze the action More control Time - speed

    https://mrelectric.com/blog/the-evolution-of-flash-photography
    A new era of 09
    smiles
    A move away from record & document
    "Not what you look like... what you are like"
    Discuss Venture's style and techniques in
    capturing expression and character.

    https://www.venturephotography.com/your-

    Olan Mills to Venture


    gallery/page/3/?group_id=17

    2013 gallery https://youtu.be/-ZOPY-53H3A20

    2019 gallery https://youtu.be/sF6tgOXYAs8?


    t=188
    Flash photography in high street studios

    10

    Freezi
    ng the
    action
    Task
    Write an article on the history of photographic portraits
    11
    Include:

    Your own research and notes from class


    How have advancements in technology changed the
    way we look in portraits (serious to smiles over the
    years), consider painters, Louis Daguerre, shutters,

    History of the smile in portraits


    flash etc.
    How have social and economic issues affected the
    way we look in portraits and have access to
    portraits? consider costs, trends, status etc
    How has Venture Studios embraced new technology
    (Discuss their style and techniques used to capture
    expression and tell stories in their portraits)
    Use images from photographers to illustrate your
    points and create a well presented article
    throughout.

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