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On top of that, photography itself is an attempt to create something that is inherently artificial. Complaining that Instagram goes too far in helping the user
by arepb 15y ago
On top of that, photography itself is an attempt to create something that is inherently artificial. Complaining that Instagram goes too far in helping the user to recreate something that never really existed misses the entire point.
- oasisbob 15y ago> Photography itself is an attempt to create something that is inherently artificial. Many photographers would disagree with this statement, and it papers over historical differences of opinion that have existed for over a century. Compare Group f/64 with Pictorialism, for example.
- derefr 15y agoIsn't the attempt to reflect reality in a photograph photojournalism, though? I always thought "photography" was a form of fine art, to be judged on its aesthetics, while in photojournalism the information communicated by the photo was paramount.
- m0nastic 15y agoIn photography school we defined photography as just the act of capturing a scene in a photograph. We tend to define the purpose of that capture through the various sub-genres of photography. For instance, I'm a "fine art photographer" in that I take photos which I set up in a studio that are meant to have artistic merit. They happen to have no bearing on reality (but that's not a prerequisite for them being fine art.) There are many examples of "realistic" fine art photos (some of Lauren Greenfield's work for instance[1]). Photojournalism is generally defined to be an attempt to tell a story through a photograph. Whether "reality" is reflected or not can be a component of any type of photography, I don't think it's a category unto itself. Although welcome to having a discussion about art, where no one is right. [1] http://www.laurengreenfield.com/ http://www.laurengreenfield.com/