Hi there,
So many people on this site seem obsessed with photographs, and mostly not even their own.
I don't understand that at all as the memories attached to those photos belong to someone else and have no real meaning to the person posting. Seems a very sad little exercise, stealing someone else's photos and trying to attach themselves to it.
If you think about it, what is photography about anyway?
As soon as the shutter or button clicks on the camera the subject or scene becomes dead, of the past and never to exist again. What are people trying to do here? Capture life? You cannot except in your own mind where an image remains alive all your life. Depending on how good your memory is and that it doesn't deteriorate.
Let me ask you this. How many of you actually look at all those photos you have taken? I say very few of you do. Many would never even look at them all even once so why take the snaps at all? Can't you remember what happened or do you just fear you will forget?
If you do forget, then what point is there looking at a photo of a dead scene you don't recall anyway?
I abhor those people who always have to take a photo of anytime something good is happening. It detracts from the moment and makes those who are subjected to the photo session act stupid for the photo or withdraw from the frivolity.
I say photography is the collection of dead memories and to be avoided at all costs. For journalism, sure, they are good in that context but the average human who takes piles of photos on every occasion? Don't you hate those people when they insist on showing you all those boring as hell photos? What used to be "slide nights, and weren't they a horror?) have become mobile boredom sessions.
If you want to take piles of photos, then keep them to yourself as no one else really wants to see all those totally boring and sad memories of yours.
Face reality, that moment passed and it's gone. Keep it in your memory by all means but don't carry a hard copy around to shove down others throats. I assure you, they really couldn't care less and don't want to see them. Get a life and keep things alive in your mind.
So many people on this site seem obsessed with photographs, and mostly not even their own.
I don't understand that at all as the memories attached to those photos belong to someone else and have no real meaning to the person posting. Seems a very sad little exercise, stealing someone else's photos and trying to attach themselves to it.
If you think about it, what is photography about anyway?
As soon as the shutter or button clicks on the camera the subject or scene becomes dead, of the past and never to exist again. What are people trying to do here? Capture life? You cannot except in your own mind where an image remains alive all your life. Depending on how good your memory is and that it doesn't deteriorate.
Let me ask you this. How many of you actually look at all those photos you have taken? I say very few of you do. Many would never even look at them all even once so why take the snaps at all? Can't you remember what happened or do you just fear you will forget?
If you do forget, then what point is there looking at a photo of a dead scene you don't recall anyway?
I abhor those people who always have to take a photo of anytime something good is happening. It detracts from the moment and makes those who are subjected to the photo session act stupid for the photo or withdraw from the frivolity.
I say photography is the collection of dead memories and to be avoided at all costs. For journalism, sure, they are good in that context but the average human who takes piles of photos on every occasion? Don't you hate those people when they insist on showing you all those boring as hell photos? What used to be "slide nights, and weren't they a horror?) have become mobile boredom sessions.
If you want to take piles of photos, then keep them to yourself as no one else really wants to see all those totally boring and sad memories of yours.
Face reality, that moment passed and it's gone. Keep it in your memory by all means but don't carry a hard copy around to shove down others throats. I assure you, they really couldn't care less and don't want to see them. Get a life and keep things alive in your mind.
No comments:
Post a Comment