According to Errol, all photography is staged. Using the example of an elephant outside the image, she shows that the image can not show what it crops out. You can not see the absence of something. What makes an honest photograph? He says that they are neither true nor false. It is a two dimensional image torn out of reality. To understand the image, we must do further research it. This can be achieved by simply asking the photographer.
A second point he made was about iconic images. He states that, “they become iconic because they have a certain power over us. We see so much power in them.”. Certain images have meaning because they're iconic, but you should be curious as to what you are actually looking at. Going beyond the cropped out image and finding out what else is going on is something that we can not do using photography.
That is why I enjoy it so much. This can be seen as a bad thing, but I think that being about to crop out the unnecessary and focus on one tiny aspect creates a new world and a sense of wonder in the viewer. Maybe it isn't telling the complete truth, but that’s what grabs the attention of people. That mysterious feel makes people think and also them to put their own implications and meaning to each image.
In relation to our project, I feel this video relates to the time and space. We attempt to help the viewer with the questions they may have, by adding multiple pictures with little detail and creating an image with approximately 75x more information that you would get from just one simple image.
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