What poetry... Would you like to be published in my Blue Pages Literary Magazine?(link below) Shyrell Melara Family Photography Preserving Precious Memories... http://www.yadtel.net/~shyrell (no more pop-ups/adds) Blue Pages Literary Magazine (For Writers/Artists) http://www.yadtel.net/~shyrell/page20.html > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alfred Tay" <alfred_tay@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: RE: What is a photograph anyway? > Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:20:08 +0800 > > > > what is darkness? > what is light? > who is to judge what is right? > > was photography ever faithful to the 'real'? > it merely replicates a facade of reality > were we ever close to reality > are what our eyes sees real? > > the real question is > are we ever in the 'real' > and how do we define that? > > missing the real by a hair > is as good as missing the real by a mile > if we cannot ever replicate reality > why do we care so much about what is real? > > does reality matter? > > > If you look through many magazines, go to photography competitions, > > visit exhibtions, so many exhibitors are displaying images which have > > been excessively modified, not just using PS filters, but including > > brushwork, text, multiple images some of which are not originally > > photographic images. Thr end result is thus a long way from the > > original capture. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Find love on MSN Personals http://personals.msn.com.sg/ > -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10
