On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Derby Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In somewhat more words, Errol Morris (remember the Roger Fenton Crimean > War cannonball analysis) discusses this subject with a digital > photography expert > > http://morris.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/photography-as-a-weapon/index.html > I'm still working through this most interesting article, but early on he certainly sums up why photography is such an incredibly powerful medium: "The Vietnam War, the war abroad and the war at home, has been reduced to a few iconic images — the Napalm girl, the girl at Kent State. What seems to emerge from major events and eras are one or two images that effectively embody the emotion and rage, the happiness and anger. The whole thing somehow is enfolded in there. The brain is just very good at processing visual imageries and bringing in memories associated with images." Photography remains the ~only~ medium that can freeze time - that can capture a moment; it's so "realistic" that even if altered, our brain (on an emotional level) has no choice to react. No wonder our reactions to some images are so visceral. Now back to the article. Thanks for posting it, BTW. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
