This article focused on how
photography is viewed. My favorite point made was that a photograph has an
evidential quality to it. If someone is presented an image of a strange
creature in the form of a painting and told that this animal was real they
might have a hard time believing it. Yet, if they were then presented a photo
of the creature they would then have a very hard time disputing it. This
quality in photography sets it apart from other art forms in its usefulness.
Photography is used to capture something. It could be a moment, a person or a
thing. By taking this image from its original place in time we are able to
travel through time and space. We can look back at a crime scene on the day it
happened. We can see the faces of our ancestors. We travel the world from the
pages of a book. Like the article pointed out, the photos hold their truth
better than a painting ever could.
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