Blog Prompts #8, #9, #10

#8 “My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph.” ~Richard Avedon.

I believe his comment is based on the idea that when someone takes a photo, no matter what the subject is, it's based on the photographer's idea or concept of what they are trying to portray in the image.

#9 “You don't take a photograph, you make it.” ~Ansel Adams



The photographer is essentially creating a piece of art that has meaning they wish to share with others. I believe that is why pictures are made not taken.

#10 “All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this - as in other ways - they are the opposite of paintings. Paintings record what the painter remembers. Because each one of us forgets different things, a photo more than a painting may change its meaning according to who is looking at it.” ~John Berger


I don't necessarily agree with what he is saying. An observer could also look at a painting and determine it means something completely different than the painter. Additionally, I believe that a picture is what the photographer is using to 'remember' a specific event or person so in my mind they are really the same type of art.