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Cilt 5, Sayı 16  2017/8  (ISSN: 2148-0451, E-ISSN: )
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1501137304 VISUAL WITNESSES OF OUR ARCHITECTURAL, CULTURAL, AND SOCIAL HISTORY; THE PLACE AND IMPORTANCE OF ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY IN GRAPHIC DESIGN

The history of photography begins with the first image created by Joseph N. Niepce in 1826 where discovery of photography guided photography artists to different areas. The buildings, streets, and cultural items of these areas were photographed and these photographs have survived to this date and have become precious documents of history, which provide information about those days. Architecture is a field that employs many characteristics of a community and nation. Starting out with the idea that each architectural structure bears the traces of a culture and is an important indicator of the era and as it is a requirement to protect the architectural works and cultural and natural richness, which was inherited to us from the past and will be inherited from us to future generations and will provide us information about the era, natural and cultural heritage was researched within the Province of Eskişehir. Under the study, their existence was proven by the art of architectural photography. The importance of architectural photography was emphasized for the owned cultural heritage as a part of the culture and geography they belong to, along with suggestions for the place and significance of photography in graphic design, keeping in mind the critical power of photography and success in expressing and changing social truths.

Keywords: Photography, Architecture, Culture, Transmitting, Historical Environment, Graphic Design.