THE FIRST WORLD’S PHOTOGRAPH

The first ever photograph was taken in 1825 by Joseph Niépce. He was born on the 7th of March 1765  and died on the 5th of July 1833, he was a French inventor. Also being a retired army general, he was known to be the inventor of photography. The camera of Joseph was made of two wooden boxes, one that holds the lens and the other the ground glass screen. The image seen underneath was the first photograph.

‘’The grainy picture the world’s first photograph called “View from the Window at Le Gras” (circa 1826), taken and developed by French photographer pioneer Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. He called this process “heliography” or sun drawing – it certainly was a long process: the exposure time was about 8 hours.’’

http://www.maybesomeday.net/bloggg/?p=688

http://www.madehow.com/inventorbios/69/Joseph-Nic-phore-Niepce.html

http://bradyoshiro.posterous.com/nicephore-niepce-the-birth-of-photography

THE PHOTOGRAPHY THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

Edward is an English photographer born on 9th April 1830 and died 8th May 1904. Edward James Muybridge is known for capturing the first horse in motion in 1878. He was hired by the former government of California. He had a question whether all the horses legs were off the ground when running so to find out they hired Edward to take series of pictures to prove this and he was successful capturing the horse with all four of its legs of the ground, and they wanted to go further with this experiment so what Edward did was, he went to a horse racing track and took 24 cameras, he then lined them up in a line with equal distances, he also came up with a trigger so when the horse runs passed them, it will trigger the cameras. The cameras caught all the movement of the horse, they then discovered that if you put all these pictures in order you will have a moving picture. This became the first motion picture which was done by Edward Muybridge.

                                             Edward Muybridge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Muybridge-2.jpg

http://www.stoneyburn.com/picchange/horse.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrO2Qc1KyZc&feature=related

BANKSY

Banksy is an anonymous graffiti artist. His unique style has transformed the world of street art. His satirical images often include humorous slogans and political themes, this has made his work known world-wide.  He was born and raised in Bristol England where he first began to produce artwork, since then his work has often been damaged or destroyed, but this doesn’t stop him from producing his work. He notably said “When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires." This explains his attitude towards his artwork.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy

http://zjm8921.blogspot.com/2010/06/project-3-artist-banksy.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lunapark/4616599796/

IBRAHIM KODRA

Ibrahim Kodra was born on the 22nd of April 1918, in Albania he then passed away on the 7th February 2006 in Milan.


Ibrahim Kodra is the most well-known Albanian painter in Albania. In 1938 he  immigrated to Italy to study Fine Arts at an Italian University where he won a  scholarship from the government for being an emerging talent. 


In 1944 he opened a work shop in Milan where he could expand his talent and produce more paintings. 
He got the privilege to meet Pablo Picasso at a personal and group exposition in Milan at the 'Art Club'. He was well known for cubism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Kodra