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?'
My first initial reaction to this quote is that all photography has some sort of abstraction to it. However I do not believe this to be true. My experience with photography is more about the true behind materials and mediums. I may be interpreting this quote wrong, but this is my way of thinking when it comes to Michals' quote. So here I do disagree with his statement.
4 “If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera.” ~Lewis Hine.
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? Describe situations when photographic images reveal “the story” (as compared to words). Describe situations when words reveal “the story” (as compared to images).
I believe that this quote is a perfect description of what photography is about. As cliche as it sounds the quote "a picture tells a thousand words" is true in my mind. With my experience in photography I have realized how I can tell extravagant stories with one simply picture. I definitely agree with the presented idea.
A situation that an image would reveal a story better than words would be that of a crime scene. In an image you can see all the details of the broken glass, spilled blood, thrown about furniture, and so on. With words this would be a lengthy process to reveal and would be done easier with a single image. In my mind seeing images have a greater impact especially with news around the world.
Words can do the same thing to tell a story as an image in news as mentioned about, but I would much rather have that visual experience that you get from viewing a photograph,
Photography is a writing and form of communication all in itself.
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