The Photographer's Eye
This industry {...} has become art's most mortal enemy"
The Photographer's Eye, written by John Szarkowski, explores traditional photography and how it has morphed and changed into something completely different. Photography was becoming more accessible, and some believed that more people taking photos with lack of meaning behind broke away from the true purpose of photography, and believes that mire consideration is necessary when creating an image.
The Thing Itself
At first, a photographer must deal with the real world, actual things and people and objects. No matter what, any photo created will filter out certain aspects of the truth and alter the facts, which creates a divide between the subject and the actual photograph. People believed that a photograph couldn't lie, which is wrong, considering my previous point. Some truth will always be missing.
We give credit for only depicting the merest surface, but it actually brings out the secret character with a truth that no painter would ever venture upon..."
The Detail
Another factor of photography is the detail within.
A photographer was tied to the facts and it was his problem to try force facts to be truthful. However, he was unable to capture the full truth, as he was only able to show things the way he found them, even if they had been altered or changed. Due to this, his work was presents as clues towards a full hidden story, as the true story was not completely known.
A photographer was tied to the facts and it was his problem to try force facts to be truthful. However, he was unable to capture the full truth, as he was only able to show things the way he found them, even if they had been altered or changed. Due to this, his work was presents as clues towards a full hidden story, as the true story was not completely known.
The Frame
A photograph is selected, and the subject of it is never truly secret. The act of selection and deletion is important.
Photographs used to have to be printed the same size as the exposed plate, during the first half of the century of photography's existence. This meant that photographers could not change their minds to use only a fragment of a picture.
Photographs used to have to be printed the same size as the exposed plate, during the first half of the century of photography's existence. This meant that photographers could not change their minds to use only a fragment of a picture.
Time
All photographs are time exposures of shorter or longer durations., and each photograph pictures/describes a parcel of time. Photography refers to the past and the future, and they exist in the present.