This statement can be true in that, as photographers, we try to see subjects as we want them. By posing models and directing which way to look or dress expresses the vision of the photographer, not the model. It is true that photography captures emotions, but most of the time the photographer brought on the emotion the model is portraying, without letting the viewer know.
“You don't take a photograph, you make it.” ~Ansel Adams
This statement is true for any art. Art does not make itself, it has to be created. This is especially true when setting up scenes and posing models how the photographer wants. This is the artistic part of photography in that the photographer has an “artistic vision” when staging an image. Furthermore, with editing tools, it is easy to take a picture and transform it into a true work of art.
“All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this - as in other ways - they are the opposite of paintings. Paintings record what the painter remembers. Because each one of us forgets different things, a photo more than a painting may change its meaning according to who is looking at it.” ~John Berger
I agree with this statement in that photography is a reminder of what we forget. Paintings record what painters remember, but photography does, too. Both mediums are a way to remember scenes and people. I don’t agree with this statement, however, in that a photo can change more than a painting by who is looking at it. In both art forms, meanings can be misinterpreted and cause different reactions in viewers. I don’t think either medium can change more than the other since all forms of art changes through each set of eyes.
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