Thursday, October 16, 2008

Turn Around and Smile

Photography is a perfect representation, the undeniable truth of a moment. Yet, photography also is incomplete, since all it can depict is a single frame of life. Is there an art form that surpasses photography in this, and in what way?

Artistic photography is a bit of an oxymoron. Why would anyone try to give artistic meaning to a form that deals with exact replication? Is there something about the narrowness of photography that makes it appealing to manipulate?

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