Truth In Photography
What is truth in photography? Answer this question with reference to two photographers studied in this subject.
What is truth in photography? Common sense suggests to us that there is a found link between photographic images and truth, this topic has been constantly debated over the last several decades and whilst photography has the potential to tell the truth, photographs can also be seen as a distortion of what is real and logical; and with the advent of Photoshop as well as other digital manipulation software this distortion and the ‘untruths of photography’ have grown steadily more prominent. To research this topic more I have chosen to reference Shizuka Tokomizo’s ‘Strangers’ series as well as a range of David Burnett’s work both use …show more content…
For me when discussing the truths within photography I see them as being highly reliant on how and what the photographer wishes to present and what they consider to believe is true. Through the changes made within photography the use of digital manipulation now plays an important role in how a photographer wishes to use these various techniques to frame the truth to what he/she has witnessed, like a majority of other art forms the use of manipulation within reality is used in order to expose the truth that might not be particularly apparent to the audiences …show more content…
From this particular standpoint the idea of how we understand an image being “true” or “false” becomes dependant on the photographer or the audience’s perception.
Shizuka Yokomizo was born in Tokyo and now works; and lives in London, her ‘Strangers’ series is a portrait series in which Yokomizo has sent out an anonymous letter to random strangers which contained the possibility of an agreement which would in turn allow her to again return to their window to photograph the suspecting stranger. From the use of this communication Yokomizo is now able to capture their eye contact which has then helped in creating a stronger sense of their existence within the
What is truth in photography? Common sense suggests to us that there is a found link between photographic images and truth, this topic has been constantly debated over the last several decades and whilst photography has the potential to tell the truth, photographs can also be seen as a distortion of what is real and logical; and with the advent of Photoshop as well as other digital manipulation software this distortion and the ‘untruths of photography’ have grown steadily more prominent. To research this topic more I have chosen to reference Shizuka Tokomizo’s ‘Strangers’ series as well as a range of David Burnett’s work both use …show more content…
For me when discussing the truths within photography I see them as being highly reliant on how and what the photographer wishes to present and what they consider to believe is true. Through the changes made within photography the use of digital manipulation now plays an important role in how a photographer wishes to use these various techniques to frame the truth to what he/she has witnessed, like a majority of other art forms the use of manipulation within reality is used in order to expose the truth that might not be particularly apparent to the audiences …show more content…
From this particular standpoint the idea of how we understand an image being “true” or “false” becomes dependant on the photographer or the audience’s perception.
Shizuka Yokomizo was born in Tokyo and now works; and lives in London, her ‘Strangers’ series is a portrait series in which Yokomizo has sent out an anonymous letter to random strangers which contained the possibility of an agreement which would in turn allow her to again return to their window to photograph the suspecting stranger. From the use of this communication Yokomizo is now able to capture their eye contact which has then helped in creating a stronger sense of their existence within the