Barack Obama By Pete Souza
Regarding the differences of portraits taken in the past and today, I think they’re any big differences except for the quality of the picture. Portraits are defined a verbal picture or description, usually of a person. Usually, portraits are taken from the chest upwards to show the expression of a person. Over the years, photographers have found out different ways of taking pictures by adding sets of lighting. Lights are use to create shadows or illuminate the portrait adding more depth to it.
Pete Souza is the official white house photographer. He started as the white house photographer when Ronald Reagan was in power. He worked for the Chicago Tribune(newspaper) for 10 ten years before moving onto a photographer for the white house. His other workings include covering the war in Afghanistan and freelancer for National Geographic and Life magazines.
I could not find a biography of Arthur Sasse
Portraits have had quite a significant change from the past till now. As of now, most people can get their hand on a camera for an affordable price compared to before when it was just discovered. According to history, the first picture ever taken was in 1814 by Nicephore Niepce using a sliding wooden box camera in Paris. Pictures then had to be developed in a dark room which was very time consuming. Since then the camera has evolved digitally. These days, photos can be easily edited from the print and instantly printed from a computer. Because of digital editing p I sometimes find it hard to determine whether if the portrait of the person looks exactly like the person in real life. Because of digital editing images can sometimes be misleading compared to before when digital editing was not invented yet.
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