The Essence Of Photography- 
Balakrishnan 1
Haripriya Balakrishnan
English 111
Johnson
30 October 2014
The Essence Of Photography
Duane Michals once said, “Photographers tend not to photograph what they can’t see, which is the very reason one should try to attempt it. Otherwise we’re going to go on forever just photographing more faces and more rooms and more places. Photography has to transcend description. It has to go beyond description to bring insight into the subject, or reveal the subject, not as it looks, but how does it fell?” I could not agree more.
The idea of colors spread across a piece of paper is entrancing to the human eye. However, it is more than colors spread across a piece of paper. Art can be doodles in a school notebook, music played, dance in a music video, or a glass flower vase in someone’s home; however, there is one art form that speaks strongly to me, and that is photography. Unlike the doodles and the glass vase, photography cannot simply be sculpted into something abstruse. The most significant difference, however, is that a photograph captures the heart and vitality of an individual. Balakrishnan 2 When I peer through the viewfinder, I feel a sense of serenity. When I am feeling sad or stressed about something, taking photos also calms my emotions. For example, if I am feeling sad and I take a photo of a newly bloomed annual flower that was once wilted, I am reminded that I can get past that sad emotion and everything will be all right. I feel serenity when I am taking a photo of a newborn, reminding me of the blessed yet fragile thing that we call life. One of the many reasons that I love photography is because it helps me overcome different emotions.
Photography is also my way of escape from reality; furthermore, even though I am taking photos of the real world, I feel like I’m in another world. When I take a photo of something that is not apparent to the human eye, I feel that I am in my own world. When I share my
Haripriya Balakrishnan
English 111
Johnson
30 October 2014
The Essence Of Photography
Duane Michals once said, “Photographers tend not to photograph what they can’t see, which is the very reason one should try to attempt it. Otherwise we’re going to go on forever just photographing more faces and more rooms and more places. Photography has to transcend description. It has to go beyond description to bring insight into the subject, or reveal the subject, not as it looks, but how does it fell?” I could not agree more.
The idea of colors spread across a piece of paper is entrancing to the human eye. However, it is more than colors spread across a piece of paper. Art can be doodles in a school notebook, music played, dance in a music video, or a glass flower vase in someone’s home; however, there is one art form that speaks strongly to me, and that is photography. Unlike the doodles and the glass vase, photography cannot simply be sculpted into something abstruse. The most significant difference, however, is that a photograph captures the heart and vitality of an individual. Balakrishnan 2 When I peer through the viewfinder, I feel a sense of serenity. When I am feeling sad or stressed about something, taking photos also calms my emotions. For example, if I am feeling sad and I take a photo of a newly bloomed annual flower that was once wilted, I am reminded that I can get past that sad emotion and everything will be all right. I feel serenity when I am taking a photo of a newborn, reminding me of the blessed yet fragile thing that we call life. One of the many reasons that I love photography is because it helps me overcome different emotions.
Photography is also my way of escape from reality; furthermore, even though I am taking photos of the real world, I feel like I’m in another world. When I take a photo of something that is not apparent to the human eye, I feel that I am in my own world. When I share my