Please respond to the following quotes.
“I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see.” -Duane Michals
I think what he is trying to say is that the imagination plays an important role in the interpretation of what we see. This dives into background experiences and connections that the mind may make subconsciously, which is very important to the thought process behind visual communication.
“Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world.” -Arnold Newman
I don't necessarily agree with this quote, but I can understand its merit. There is selectiveness in that the photographer chooses everything about the sight within the frame. But at the same time, there are photographers who shoot real world incidents and capture exact moments in time. There are emotions that are faked for film, but there are still those real moments that are captured and are not created.
“Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.” -Berenice Abbott
This is an interesting quote. I suppose it is true, but it has an almost depressing feel to it. I feel like it almost limits the possibilities of photography. It is something as a photographer you must succumb to, but it is either the challenge to work with or against the instant aging process.
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