" My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph. -- Richard Avedon"
Personally I agree with this statement, since photography is not only about recording a moment of the history but it is also an art by which the photographer express him/herself.
The people in the photos are only the elements of the art work, but the tone, the color, the lighting and the perspective are all from the photographer. Those stuff convey a lot of subtle information from the artist.
" You don't take a photograph, you make it. -- Ansel Adams"
As I mentioned above, in a piece of photograph, the subject or the view is not the only thing the photographer capture, there are multiple elements involving in this artwork: the lightning, the tone, the color, the perspective and the composition. Those all together contribute to a photo, and the photographer is not only pressing down the button, but also designing am art while he/she is looking through the view finder. At the very short moment, the photographer's idea and creativeness are frozen on the film.
" All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this -- as in other ways-- they are the opposite of paintings. Paintings record what the painter remembers. Because each one of us forgets different things, a photo more than a painting may change its meaning according to who is looking at it. -- John Berger"
In this statement, the contrast of a painting and a photograph reminds us that photos are actually more objective than a painting. As it records the reality, photos give people more freedom to interpret in their own way. However, as it is mentioned paintings are more about what the painter think about the world. Photograph is an art that gives more freedom for viewers to perceive the artwork with their own interpretation.
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