The Importance of Photography: Angela Eaton

September 24, 2009 @ 5:55AM

The Importance of Photography: Angela Eaton

By Damien Franco

This guest post was provided by Angela Eaton of Angela Eaton Photography.

Photography is important to me because I can externalize my vision of the world that I can not aptly describe, inviting people into my life who may have had a different perception of me. It is an important and unique art form because it accurately documents history, often capturing raw emotions. Paradoxically, photographers can infuse images with their artistry to project an inaccurate record of history—one that we can look back at with nostalgia. But perhaps the emotional response it solicits within us—accurate or inaccurate—is the ultimate reason that we love photography.

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Comments

Anonymous

2 years ago

Hey Damien,

I agree with Angela that photography keeps the visual record of our history along with emotions.

And its true in all sense.

Anonymous

2 years ago

"because it accurately documents history". That is what I love most about photography. It enables me to record architectural history, both domestic and rural and within city's. Watching a city change over time is best seen through the style and materials used."emotional response it solicits within us"Totally agree. True photographic-zen of is finding a moment and place when we look through the viewfinder and know the shot is perfect, and only the photographer can see the view.

Anonymous

2 years ago

Rightly said Angela,

Photography keeps the inaccurate record of history... sometimes when I see My colleges photographs I feel like being in college and the nostalgia is so high on me that sometime I end up shedding tears for those happy days of my life.