Sunday, April 11, 2010

Politics and photography



Unfortunately, photography and politics do mix. Partly because journalism would not quite be what it is today without photography. In fact, because of photography people now, compared to say 500 years ago, are interested in "things" and "people" that are not directly in front of them. Back then, things tangible were the only thing that was worth anything; now we put so much emphasis on things we cannot see. We are expected to read between the lines when reading a book. Therefore, I wonder if photography was never invented, people wouldn't be so interested in things that are happening in places so far away from where they are. Our lives would probably be more community oriented, more emphasis on small units, making things less complicated, so to speak.

Because people can now worry about what is happening thousands of miles away, they now think that they can control things that are thousands of miles away. In fact, with enough resources you can do just about anything from thousands of miles away, including dropping bombs and shooting off rocket launchers.

So, perhaps invention of photography may have caused some serious damages. Too late now though.


Pentax K10D
DA* 50-135
1/125 @ f/4.5
0 ev
ISO 100
RAW

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