I once read somewhere that ‘a camera is a save button for the mind’s eye’. Could more poetic words have ever been spoken about photography? Sure, there are the more philosophical sayings about photography, but this one caught my eye because it’s so simple, no fancy words, no flamboyance and no frills –just a simple concept that just about everyone can relate to.
No number of photography courses could teach one how to express the nature of photography. Of course, the techniques and skills of perfecting the art of photography can be learnt from a photography institute, but can they teach you what a photograph really means?
“Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art,” said Ansel Adams, a world-renowned photographer. It has always been debated whether photography is an art, and I say if it weren’t, then nothing could be. Art is not limited to paint on canvas; art is capturing the beauty of life. And that’s what photography does, isn’t it? “Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.” This is always run in my head as the definition of photography. While photography courses may teach you the philosophy of photography, it is for you to understand the deeper significance of photography.
Photography is an art…No, it’s magic. A time machine in its very own right, photography allows for a moment in time to be captured for evermore. A moment that would never have existed a faction of a second before, or after; a moment that is unique to the universe, one that can never be replicated –for while the image itself can be reproduced by the content of the photograph, the world around it will never be the same. That’s the power of photography.
A photography institute may be a temple of learning, but you will realise at some point that nothing can be a better teacher than life itself.
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