The two short books presented in this paper are key sources to gain a basic understanding of photographic theory and criticism. Photography also presents many antinomies, as Rudolf Arnheim stated, ” … photography is timeless yet anchored to a historical date it mirrors reality but also interprets and judges it it suffers from artful manipulation and profits from art it estranges but arouses compassion it is helped by accident and also by planning it assaults reality and submits to it, etc.” To name a few: photography is used in science by astronomers, physicists, chemists, and biologists in mass communication to tell stories and send messages through photojournalism, political propaganda and advertising it is a way of capturing personal memories of family events, through portraiture, travel snapshots and selfies and as an art to suggest ideas, frame questions and express emotions. Photography is complex, partially because as a modern form of image making, it is ubiquitous and used in so many different spheres of influence. Submitted to VCFA Faculty Adviser Humberto Ramirez on September 4, 2014
Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977. The following is the first of these papers. As part of the low-residency MFA program at the Vermont College of Fine Arts, I’m required to read and then write an essay/annotation.
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