Senior research project (B.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1981. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 53).

Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1980. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 51).

Thesis (B.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1980. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 28-30).

This essay proposes the comprehension of mechanisms that act in the right moment when the picture is taken; the profile is the analysis of photographic images from Japanese immigrants in the development of the photographs in Londrina City – state of Paraná, between 1930 and 1960. It aims to analyze the photographs and verify which of the three conditioning synecdoche factors acted on the Japanese photographers in the photo capture. The factors are: 1st Conditioning Synecdoche Factor – Grammar Literacy (the image elements are unconsciously framed by the initial direction of the individual language literacy, or from the left to the right or from the right to the left). 2nd Conditioning Synecdoche Factor – Kodak Manual (the image elements are unconsciously framed on the center of the frame by paradigm and also by a technical limitation imposition from the time, that conducted centering the main object to preserve a secure register of the event, once there was a risk of burning the images edge). 3rd Conditioning Synecdoche Factor – Technology + Rule of Thirds (the image elements are consciously framed in any part of the frame since it’s possible to fulfill the edges of the frame by technology, added to the options of positioning the objects in the golden ratio spots, revealing a graphic pattern tuned with the aesthetic harmony). / Esta dissertação propõe compreensão dos mecanismos que agem no momento da captura fotográfica; o recorte é a análise das imagens fotográficas dos imigrantes japoneses, no desenvolvimento da fotografia no município de Londrina-PR, entre os anos de 1930 a 1960. Tem o objetivo de analisar as fotografias e detectar qual dos três fatores sinédoque condicionantes agiu sobre os fotógrafos japoneses na captura fotográfica. Os fatores são: 1º Fator Sinédoque Condicionante – Alfabetização Gramatical (os elementos da imagem são enquadrados inconscientemente pela direção inicial da alfabetização do idioma do indivíduo, ou seja da esquerda para direita ou da direita para a esquerda). 2º Fator Sinédoque Condicionante – Manual Kodak (os elementos da imagem são enquadrados inconscientemente no centro do fotograma por paradigma e também por uma imposição da limitação técnica da época, que orientava centralizar o objeto principal para preservar um registro seguro do evento, pois corria-se o risco de queimar as bordas da imagem). 3º Fator Sinédoque Condicionante – Tecnologia + Regra dos Terços (os elementos da imagem são enquadrados conscientemente em qualquer parte do fotograma, sendo possível através da tecnologia preencher as bordas do fotograma, somadas as opções de posicionamento dos objetos nos pontos áureos, revelando um padrão gráfico sintonizado com a harmonia estética).

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Within the accepted historiography of photography, the importance of George Eastman and the Eastman Kodak Company (EKC) has become unassailable. They have been placed as the key, and often sole, agent in “revolutionizing” the amateur photography market in the late nineteenth century. While the photographic landscape and market of 1885-1914 was indeed radically altered, the historiographical dominance of what can be identified as the “Kodak story” has obscured the means through which EKC’s successful re-structuring of the existing manufacturing and distribution networks of photographic materials occurred. I argue that the changes effected by Eastman and the EKC began not with imaging desires, but with their acknowledgment, and profound understanding of the existing and competing interests within the photographic industry. This thesis focuses on the EKC’s re-structuring of the extant and evolving communities involved in the manufacturing and distribution of photographic materials in Canada between 1885-1910. Focusing particularly on the period immediately surrounding the establishment of the Canadian Kodak Co. Limited in 1899, I demonstrate the re-structuring processes at work, including: market and financial diversification; governmental lobbying; purchase and mergers; and other business and marketing-based strategies. I frame my theoretical positions and analysis of network re-structuring through the experiences of Ottawa professional photographer and photographic business owner William James Topley (active 1868-1907), and CKCoLtd manager John Garrison Palmer (active 1886-1921). Topley and Garrison’s professional experiences and interactions with expanded communities of photographic consumers and industry participants provide an opportunity for specific and detailed findings which challenge understandings of the evolution of the practice of photography during this transitional period. In doing so, I provide evidence of the primary role network re-structuring played in the EKC’s ability to shape the wider international photographic industry to their advantage in the early twentieth century.

The Master Thesis deals with a business plan for photographic studio foundation in Trutnov. Simultaneously, the business plan analyzes a status of other photographic studios. Based on the research and analyses are chosen the suitable strategy and tools for the business plan composition which determines the chances and terms for execution of the project.