Lecture 7
Photography
"In many contexts the notion of a
literal and objective record of ‘history’ is a limited illusion. It ignores the entire cultural and social
background against which the image was taken, just as it renders the photographer
neutral, passive and invisible recorder of the scene. (Clarke:1997:145)"
"Clarke
suggests a set of visual strategies are employed to provoke and emotional
response, the kind which might result in charitable giving"
After the lecture, what does photography mean to me?
To speak of documentary photography
(at this point in it’s history) is to run headlong into a morass of contradiction , confusion and ambiguity, a position made more problematic by
the way in which the increasing sophistication of visual technology makes it
difficult to know what is ‘real’ and and what has been ‘faked’
This lecture really spoke to me because i love to make an impact on the viewer, and these examples were are great example of a very mild shock to an otherwise ignorant viewer. like i stated in previous blog post, i am going to use dorothea lange as inspiration, but instead of making a static response, i want mine to come alive!
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