Blog Prompt for Week 1:
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- #1: Imagine a world without photographs. Describe what this world would be like...
- I cannot. Photographs have been apart of this world before I came along. How culture, time, people, movements, ideas, events, art, etc. would be as important and accessible as it is today without photographs is something I would not like to think about.
- #2: What does the word "photograph" mean to you?
- "Photograph" to me means preservation. It preserves the feeling/image/idea of the scene forever
- #3 “Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.”~Duane Michals. Write a brief reaction to this quote. Is this quote applicable to your experience with photography? What does it mean to you? Do you agree with the idea presented or disagree?
- I agree. Photographs can be manipulated either before or after the fact. It can be subtle or blatant. The concept is what matters most to me.
#4 “If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera.” ~Lewis Hine. Wria brief reaction to this quote. Is this quote applicable to your experience with photography? What does it mean to you? Do you agree with the idea presented or disagree? Describe situations when photographic images reveal “the story” (as compared to words). Describe situations when words reveal “the story” (as compared to images). - That's a good argument. I find that often photography is the best way of telling a story. You can share that story more accurately and with less convolution. Photographs of worker's conditions, of famine, of war, of one's own personal trials and tribulations, of how one's face shows what they've been through in their lives. etc. Photographs are amazzzzinngg :)
