Genres, Movements & Theory
6 terms
Abstract Photography
Genres, Movements & Theory
Photography that emphasises form, colour, texture and pattern over the identification of its subject.
Advertising Photography
Genres, Movements & Theory
Photography commissioned to promote a product, service or brand.
Aerial Photography
Genres, Movements & Theory
m (altitude)
Photography made from an elevated platform — aircraft, helicopter, drone or kite — looking down on the subject.
Architectural Photography
Genres, Movements & Theory
Photography of buildings and structures, concerned with form, space and the accurate rendering of geometry.
Astrophotography
Genres, Movements & Theory
seconds
Photography of the night sky, from wide-field starscapes to magnified images of deep-sky objects.
Rule of 500: t ≈ 500 / focal length
Aura
Genres, Movements & Theory
Walter Benjamin's term for the unique presence of an original artwork, which he argued mechanical reproduction dissolves.