Through this reading I learned about the examination of a
central division in photography between documents and pictures. The reading takes
the reader through the argument between photography abjuring any consideration
of art and focus instead on the instrumental forms and mass practices.
Photography hasn’t always been viewed as artistically as it can be viewed
today. Photography was almost known as lazy and took no artistic interference. But
as it came to be that photos made exact replicas of things it was argued that
photography could be used to save artists’ effort, labor, and time and freed
them to concentrate on a more creative aspect with their work.
This reading really educated me on the history of
photography and its many phases through artists and society. I can connect this
reading and its importance of equality to this class assignment with its
ability to educate the reader on the many aspects of photography and its
history. By gaining a full understanding of photography and documents it
enables the student to be more aware of the pictures they are taking. If they
are aware of the history artists have had with the different stages of
photography it will help them gain an overall understanding of photography as
art and not as lazy picture taking. This understanding will help with the
students over all work in this project given most of the final parts are the
use of photos throughout the process.
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