Blog #8

In this seminar class we have discussed many topics that pertain to how photography changes things both within culture, and for individuals. How the way each person can interpret a photograph can change from person to person even if they are looking at the same exact image. these are things that I never thought about before this class. The fact that photographs can change a person's idea about a certain cultural aspect, or the fact that photographs can manipulate what the public will believe.

Another thing that we talked about in class is how artists can manipulate the image that they choose to produce and show off to the public. Now-a-days people can use all sorts of photographic altering programs to change the truth of the image. This is another thing we discussed, the truth of the image. In fact, we even did an earlier assignment in which we cropped the same photo to show different perspectives of the same photograph. Though the photographs were only cropped, they still changed how they were perceived. Artists can change their image by cropping, taking out something, or even adding something. A small harmless thing such as eliminating the camera flash in the window can alter how a picture is perceived. These things are important to remember when you are looking at a photograph, as we discussed it is important to remember that one cannot always take a photograph at face value, but must sometimes wonder what else is going on in that image.

Something that we talked about in class that I have remembered throughout the semester is how imagery, especially photography can add to one's identity. Someone can see themselves in a photograph, and someone else can take a different photograph and see themselves in that. This is something that I have thought of often over the course of the class. This is an important concept, because so many different people and different cultures can be photographed differently and interpreted through different types of images. These are the certain things that I've been thinking about pertaining to this class.