The invention of photography during the nineteenth century fueled a scientific and artistic conniption because of the epochal preoccupation with capturing the real rather than the romantic and idyllic. The very first portrait makers accentuated the very essence of the human subject they sought to capture. Photography provided many advantages including low costs, immediacy, and realistic representation. Indeed, the profound social and cultural changes that were taking place during the late nineteenth and twentieth century were captured and reflected in photography, thereby showcasing truth rather than idealism. Indeed, all artwork media reflects the social and cultural contexts in which Continue reading...