“People take pictures to remember times, but they can only experience it through a camera lens.”
“Photography is the story I fail to put into words. “
“A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not
afraid to fall in love with these people.”
A.
What is the the traditional process of developing films? Complete the sentences
using passive voice and the verbs given.
print – send (2x) – write – remove (2x) – pick up –
develop – check – put – take back
EXAMPLE: Photographs were
taken.
1.
The film __________________________ from the cartridge.
2.
The film __________________________
to the
store.
3.
The film __________________________
in an
envelope after the customer’s name and address __________________________ on it.
4.
All the envelopes __________________________
to the
laboratory.
5.
In the lab, the film __________________________
from the
cartridge.
6.
The photographs __________________________.
7.
The photographs __________________________
to the
store and finally __________________________.
B. Nathan and Mr. Spencer are talking about
the history of selfies. Read and answer.
Nathan: Dad, remember what you said earlier about photo
cartridges? I was browsing on the net and I’ve found out that selfies are older
than that stuff you have.
Mr. Spencer: Are you for real?
Nathan: I am. Listen: the first selfie was taken in 1839 by a
chemist from Philadelphia named Robert Cornelius. Setting up his camera at the
back of the family store, he took the image by removing the lens cap and then
running into frame where he sat for more than fifteen minutes covering up the
lens again. And there’s this Russian girl, Anastasia Nikolaievna, who also took
a selfie in front of a mirror, holding a camera in 1914.
Mr. Spencer: That’s the same Anastasia from the movie you used
to watch, remember?
Nathan: Oh, that’s nice. Then, in 1920, New York photographer
Joseph Byron took a rooftop selfie with his friends. That’s weird: not
all of them are looking at the camera. It was probably large and heavy, which
explains why two of them are holding it up.
Mr. Spencer: Maybe selfies didn’t become so popular because
these people weren’t so famous back then, I wonder if they were one of these
celebrities we have these days…
Nathan: I both agree and disagree. Frank Sinatra took a selfie
in 1938 in his bathroom, he was 23 and not famous yet. He was charming back
then, giving the OK sign. Curiously, at the same age Beatle George Harrison
took a selfie in front of the Taj Mahal in 1966.
1. How long did it take Robert Cornelius to take the first selfie?
2. Where does Mr. Spencer know Anastasia from?
3. Why does Nathan think Byron’s camera was heavy?
4. What’s one similarity and one difference between Frank Sinatra and George Harrison when they took their selfies?
C. Listen to the history of modern selfies, add the year to the photos in the clothesline and complete the paragraph.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd0jqOQLtv8
Selfie
is defined as “a photograph that one has taken of _________________, typically one taken
with a _________________
or _________________”. The name is
motivated by the _________________
way of
shortening words, so selfie would be the equivalent to _________________ as a comparison to barbie (_________________), tinnie (_________________) and firie (_________________). An analogy to
selfie is the word ussie, or “a self
photo”, but the word never reached the _________________.
D. Technology has evolved a lot regarding photos and gadgets. Would you be able to say what this picture is? What’s its name? How is it used?
E.
Match.
1.
The world’s most expensive photograph, Rhein
II, was taken in 1999 by Andreas Gursky.
2.
The oldest known surviving photograph is View
from the Window at Le Gras,
3.
The most viewed photograph in history is the Windows XP’s default wallpaper.
4.
There is an average of 300 million photos
5.
The first photograph of a total solar eclipse was taken
6.
The world’s largest camera collection belongs to Dilish Parekh of Mumbai.
(n) He owns approximately 4,500 cameras!
(n) In 2011, a print was
auctioned for 4.3 million dollars in New York.
(n) It was photographed by
Charles O’Rear on a medium format camera in 1996.
(n) taken by Nicéphore
Niépce in 1826 or 1827.
(n) by Julius Berkowski on
July 28, 1851.
(n) uploaded to Facebook
per day.
