Photography: The Art Of Photography

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The art of photographs has been progressing through decades. Photographers take pictures of anything that intrigues them, such as taking photos of nature, conflicts, violence, entertainment, or people. “Adding Emotion and Feeling to Photographs” by Peter West Carey introduces how photograph create emotions and how the photographers have to find the mood first before they take the photo. According to “The War Photo No One Would Publish” by Torie Rose DeGhett says, “The image and its anonymous subject might have come to symbolize the Gulf War” (DeGhett 74). A photographer, Kenneth Jarecke, took photos of a charred Iraqi, which show what the true reality of warfare. Photograph gives viewers that were not there during the event a taste of it. …show more content…
Instagram has widened the lane for photography. Instagram has allows people see and show others people art. Photos in instagram give emotions. According to “The Psychology of Selfies: Why We Love Taking and Viewing Photos of Faces” by Courtney Seiter,“Looking directly into the camera can help make a direct connection with someone. Looking to the left or right will help guide the reader’s eyes in that direction” (“Why We Love”). When one takes a selfie (a photo that is a self portrait) and he or she post it, the viewer look at the that photo and feel some type way. Like that person will think that person is beautiful. Social media allows people to tell stories of their everyday lives by posting what doing during the day. Such as posting going to park, taking picture of the meal they having for brunch, or taking a picture themselves trying on there new clothes. According to “We Are a Camera”, by Nick Paumgarten, “The Result is not as much a selfie as a wordie. It’s more like the story you’d tell about an adventure than the photo that would accompany” (Paumgarten 334). Social media allows people express other people art. When a person looks at a photo of girl on looking way from the camera. You wonder what is the girl is looking at. Thinking she is looking at someone else, look at squirrel, or staring out of …show more content…
Everyone has different emotion or perspective while looking at a photo. Say there is photo of a boy outside in the rain. One viewer will feel that the photo is depressing. The other viewer will feel that the boy is having fun. It does not matter what type of photo is shown, it could show violence, an event, or a random person. For example, there is a civil rights protest going on in New York. When people see the photos in the internet of the protest, there are going to be two different opinions about it. One will feel positive about it and up for the cause. The other will feel negative and would not agree with it. According to “One Image, Two Stories: Ethnographic and Touristic Photography and the Practice of Craft in Mexico” by Alanna Cant, “As these photos are taken with greatly different intentions and motivated by different perspectives, it might be assumed that they are distinct in terms of mood, style and content” (“One Image, Two Stories). Photographs are taken for research purposes or for a beautiful image. People have different intention to take a certain photographs and each have a different story to tell and also want the viewer have an opinion about it. According to Torie Rose DeGhett, “Military photojournalist Lee Corkran was embedding with the U.S. Air Force’s 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron in Doha, Qatar, And capturing their aerial bombing campaigns. He was there to take pictures for the pentagon to use as it saw

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