Photography Movie Notes

• The Illustrated Daily News, in 1919, was the first paper to market itself with photography as an integral part of it.
• The cover photo and headline of a newspaper is meant to catch attention and encourage patrons to buy that one instead of another.
• The Tabloid Wars occured in the 1920s.
• the Daily News and Evening Graphic were two main competitors.
• The Evening Graphic included many scandals and often staged photographs using the "Composer Graph" technique.
• The 1920s used photos as a central part of advertising.
• More public attention to products.
• Photos "tell the truth," whereas drawings can lie.
• Photos could show products as "Objects of Desire"
• The idea of a Media Celebrity was created by photographs.
• Sports Stars became Huge
• Babe Ruth became the most photographed person after the Prince of Wales.
• First Sport star to be heavily used in marketing.
• Turned Rudolph Valentinos death into a Riot.
• The Positron, Planet Pluto and proof of the expanding Universe were all first shown through photographs.
• Photographs can accurately show the amount of stars in the sky better than the naked eye, by using long exposure techniques.
• Photographs can be connections saved for a long time to people or things far away.