fRachel White has 6 post(s)

Photography Before Photoshop

All of these articles were extremely interesting to me, because they explained how artists were able to create these surreal pictures by just using darkroom techniques. Watching the videos of Jerry Uelsmann creating some of his works really showed how complex the process of creating these images used to be, and its truly inspiring to watch someone like him go through the process. Nowadays, creating montages like these is as simple as the click of a few buttons so being able to see it done by someone who’d worked with these types of photography before photoshop was around is amazing.

Overall Response

Both the articles and videos show a whole new side of graphic design that many people didn’t believe was possible before computer programs like photoshop were created. It’s amazing to see designers and artists creating these pieces with so much emotion and story behind them simply by using photographs and dark rooms. The process is truly inspiring to watch and it sheds a light on how long graphic design has actually been around.