Blogs 16-18

Blog Prompts #16, #17, & #18



“Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer—and often the supreme disappointment.” ~Ansel Adams

I love this quote! I often aspire to take really great landscape photos while i'm traveling or hiking, but they never turn out quite as nice as the ones printed on posters or on blogs. It truly is a disappointment, and it probably is because i'm not a good photographer.


“Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world.” Arnold Newman

This is certainly a thought-provoking quote, but i don't necessarily agree with it. Photography certainly is not reality, but at the same time it is not always a complete illusion created by the photographer. I know that photographers can visually and aesthetically arrange things to impact the viewer in certain manipulative ways- but i think that there is always some element of truth and reality in photos that is beyond the photographers control.

“Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.” Berenice Abbott

This is an interesting quote. On one hand, technically it is true that the moment a picture is taken it is in the past, but at the same time I think photos can create a great and true representation of the present culture and society. I guess it really depends on what you consider 'present'.