Photography
I love photographs. I love taking photos. I love the ability to save a moment forever on camera. The feeling of being able to catch beauty forever. But also the ability to show the ugly, the sad, and to confront people with it.
With one photo you can capture and create so many emotions: joy and happiness, concern, commiseration and sympathy, anger and sadness. One photo can tell you more than a thousand words.
There are millions and billions of photos in this world. And yet it is some few who forever stay in our heads. Now you might think of photos of September 11, 2001 or you might think of the wedding of Lady Diana and Prince Charles. But here I want to show you two other photographs. Photographs, that I think capture more information and emotion at the same time than many others.
The picture of Kim Phuc for example.
I don't think there is anyone who has not seen this picture. Even if most of us weren't born in 1972, we all know it. Eeveryone knows about the Vietnam War, and this must be the most popular photo of it. A photo that will probably stay in everyone's heads forever. A picture that shows not just war, it shows fear, desparation, tears and sadness. It seems as if the time stood still and everything is silent for a moment. It lets of think of what we see. This one picture was printed in all papers and changed alot of people's opinion on the war. This one picture, a simple one, with just a couple of people on it, bears so much emotion in it, and changed so much.
Then take a look at this picture by Kevin Carter:
Poverty, desparation, pain, loneliness, hunger ... those are just five words that can describe what this photo shows. A vulture waiting for its lunch. It's almost perverted to take a photo of that. Yet we need photos like that to open people's eyes and maybe, yes maybe change this world.
With one photo you can capture and create so many emotions: joy and happiness, concern, commiseration and sympathy, anger and sadness. One photo can tell you more than a thousand words.
There are millions and billions of photos in this world. And yet it is some few who forever stay in our heads. Now you might think of photos of September 11, 2001 or you might think of the wedding of Lady Diana and Prince Charles. But here I want to show you two other photographs. Photographs, that I think capture more information and emotion at the same time than many others.
The picture of Kim Phuc for example.
I don't think there is anyone who has not seen this picture. Even if most of us weren't born in 1972, we all know it. Eeveryone knows about the Vietnam War, and this must be the most popular photo of it. A photo that will probably stay in everyone's heads forever. A picture that shows not just war, it shows fear, desparation, tears and sadness. It seems as if the time stood still and everything is silent for a moment. It lets of think of what we see. This one picture was printed in all papers and changed alot of people's opinion on the war. This one picture, a simple one, with just a couple of people on it, bears so much emotion in it, and changed so much.
Then take a look at this picture by Kevin Carter:
Poverty, desparation, pain, loneliness, hunger ... those are just five words that can describe what this photo shows. A vulture waiting for its lunch. It's almost perverted to take a photo of that. Yet we need photos like that to open people's eyes and maybe, yes maybe change this world.
I love photography.. man these pictures in your blog alone are powerful. A picture says a thousand words. They can open people's eyes to the truth and no matter what the picture is of, there's always a story behind them.
threeam., June 23rd, 2007 at 04:25:19pm
it's a matter of perspective.
Love, June 23rd, 2007 at 08:25:26am
Those pictures are absolutely amazing, really.
Your describtions also reminded me a little of American Beauty. ''Sometimes, there's just too much beauty in the world, I just can't take it.'' Most things are beautiful, if you look at them differently.
stilinski, June 23rd, 2007 at 07:54:15am
That last one, That child was something like a mile outside his village, and The photographer commited suicide soona fter he took that photo I think.
waiting_a_long_time, June 23rd, 2007 at 07:13:44am
it IS fun 2 take pix
tre4prez08, June 22nd, 2007 at 08:34:45pm
I love your blog, and I love photography. This is one of the best blogs on this site. I probably think so because you blogged about my number one hobby, but also because of the way you write. Great blog!
totoro, June 22nd, 2007 at 05:18:26pm
your blog have sad photos... =[
Lyddy r teh Snaily, June 22nd, 2007 at 05:06:03pm
you're a really good blogger
wonderful blog
the emotion that comes from photos varies on people's personalities
you nailed it right on
Rage, June 22nd, 2007 at 05:04:36pm
yeah there is this really popular pic of the holocaust with a man standing infront of th beds where tons of people lay
Love, June 22nd, 2007 at 04:37:15pm
Yeah you got that right. I'm a history freak (it runs in the family) and my dad got me this amazing book simply titled: Great Photographs Of World War II. It's a great book for someone like me, but i cant go on reading/looking at this book for more than about a 1/2 hour at a time just cause what I see and read is so repulsive. It has increadble shots of everthing from the Nazi/Hitler's uprising to D-Day to the Halocaust to the war in the pacific and all sorts of info about everything but I just cant take it all in at once.
Blarg!, June 22nd, 2007 at 04:35:13pm
You're absolutely right.
Photographs are way more than just pictures of pretty/scary/sad things.
There's stories behind them.
Hello, My Name Is Asshole, June 22nd, 2007 at 04:16:59pm
I agree. I love Photography. I adore the way you write. Its amazing.
And yes I agree with the way you described those pictures. And I seriously doubt there is anyone who hasn't seen them
Wonderful blog and somewhat touching.
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serenade sarahh, June 22nd, 2007 at 03:53:48pm