Constructing and Representing Reality.
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Constructing and Representing Reality In the 1860's when photography became wodespr3ead it allowed people to see things, events and scenes that they had never previously had the opportunity to see before. This made a great impact on the public as explained in my post modernism notes. A rough timeline of events involved with photography from its point of invention follow: 1827 Nicephore Niepce is the first person to fix a photograph. Before this artists such as Canaletta used a camera obscurer to paint scenes, much like a projector. One still exists in Edinburgh castle today and although an image of the scene was given onto canvas through a lens, the artists had to sketch in the outlines and paint it afterwards - the image would never remain fixed. One of Canalettas pieces featured on the right called 'Entrance to the Canal'. 1838 Louis Daguerre invented the 'Daguerrotype' with the Collodian wet plate process with images...

