Photography as a New Medium Visual Arts: Family Photo is a Contemporary Art Expression

Abstract

Photography is one of the most amazing inventions in human civilization. In the domain of fine art in the Era of Modernism, photography can be said to function as a ' steward ' of the art of painting which indeed plays an important role at that time. At that moment photography helps to make the painting look more realistic and proportional. At that time, the technology of photography cannot reach out and assist the process of creation of a work of art-in the style of Expressionism, cubicism, and abstract. In the Era of Postmodernism, photography occupies important positions in the domain of fine art, with the advent of Pop Art ' style ', which is pioneered by Andy Warhol. The progress of photography is more improving after the Postmodern artists do 'appropriation', 'unmasking', 'inmasking', and 'diartistic'. Here the artist is also becoming a photographer at the same time. In the Era of contemporary art, Art cannot escape the presence of digital photography. With the advances in technology and digital printing, causing shortages of photography on modernism can be covered, nowadays, the result of photos can be printed in a variety of mediums such as canvas, acrylic, plastic, metal, etc., including additional texture can be presented as desired by the artists. Family photos are artifacts and documentation of the cultural history of a family trip with all its dynamics. In this study will be assessed a family photo based on the theory of contemporary photography from Charlotte Cotton.

Keywords: Photography, Modernism, Postmodernism, Contemporary, Family Photos