Photography Is Just Like Music

Photographs are special because you can tell an entire story with them without using a single word, it can convey emotions, and feelings. Photographs make connections, photographs can show challenges in our world along with celebrating the greatness in the world.

Early Landscape photography used the same principles as painters in order to create pieces of art. Before the 18th Century, artists used landscapes as backdrops and as a frame for the principal subject. Towards the later part of the century, however, artists such as Nicolas Poussin started to romanticize the environment, instead using it as a principle subject in paintings.

The truth is that photography really does limit our understanding of the world. Although others may argue that photography deepens their understanding of the world around us, this “world” is the world that the photographer creates. The world that photography shows us is not the entire world, as there is more to see. Photography highly limits the understanding of our world in ways that we were not even aware of. The manipulation of images, showing an unreal world through images, not being able to experience what the photographer experienced, and replacing going places by looking at photographs are ways of how we are limited by photography.

While the picture itself may be very nice to look at, and it may be sharp and have nice colors and lighting, it typically lacks depth, emotion, and feeling. Many of us forget to look for that when taking pictures. Especially in a world where social media is a habit and cameras are in our pockets, we take pictures for others to see, and we take photos for proof – proof that we were somewhere, proof that we did something. Due to that, we forget about what we are actually doing. We forget about the experiences we should be taking pictures of, and we lose the feelings that we should capture. With our cameras in hand, our objectives are changed. Rather than having the intent to have enjoyable experiences, then taking pictures of it, we have the intent to take pictures, with the experience being a

Scott McCloud’s graphic essay “Show & Tell” demonstrates how the relationship between pictures and words can be used to convey a message efficiently. By showing many visual examples of the different ways images and words can be used together, McCloud establishes that information is easier to interpret when paired with visual aid. By also pointing out that people are naturally inclined to show something visually as means of explaining, McCloud demonstrates his main point: the combination of words and images is very effective in conveying a message.

Also, images explain the reality. When Emmett Till’s mother wanted the photograph of his corpse published, she knew that this image has a power that will affect the people from her race and the other race as well. The image showed Till’s face that had been tortured by the time of the civil right

In the introduction to Practice of Looking, Sturken and Cartwright mention how now in the world “the visual matters more than ever” (Sturken and Cartwright 1) in terms of us being connected to the world and the things happening in it. This statement caught my attention because social media uses visual confirmation of world matters to prove its authenticity. Like the protestors in Ferguson, Missouri use their cameras to give proof of police brutality for the world to see. People even use photos for simpler world recognition like putting a photo of scenery they thought was beautiful or just to post a “selfie” to show their friends. Social media and photos/videos show the world what is going on in each individual’s life around the world.

With the combination of today’s effects that you can add to both videos and photographs, the possibilities and the amount of information that can be communicated to the viewer is great and has tremendously improved when compared to the past. One photograph alone may not be enough, but simply two or more photographs will slowly unfold the story that you are looking at and slowly fill in the puzzle/problem that you’re trying to understand or solve. Video texts simply further the extent of knowledge that can be communicated with you because videos are basically a collection of photograph, but in another sense videos are their own being. Videos can express full events built off of the collaboration and collective knowledge that you gain while making the video, but with the video you are spreading your knowledge to others. As shown with the anime, an additional photo can provide more information to the viewer and simple video effects can inform the viewer what is happening within that scene. Therefore this shows the true power that multimedia has and also the limits

The quote “A picture is worth a 1,000 words” is very true. When we look at a photograph, we forget that not only is it just an image taken by a camera but it is a moment and memory being captured and stored forever. There are only a few photos where I can say represent my life because this one speaks to my personality clearly. Baseball is an important part of my life and I show a lot of passion for it. The photo I chose represents who I am as a person. A picture should have many meanings to it and you should be able to explain your photo well. I keep over 3,000 pictures in my camera roll on my phone and every one of them has a distinctive meaning to it. This photograph describes my life because it represents my life, speaks to my personality, and describes my passion for baseball.

“Words without pictures can be vague and incomplete, incommunicative about important visual information and second that pictures without words can be vague and incomplete, lacking the focus, the

A picture is the unspoken word that can mean millions of things. For example “at least a century, the wedding photograph has been as much part of the ceremony as the prescribed verbal formulas.” The wedding picture can be the most deceiving picture since both individuals appear happy. However, they might be in an unstable and unhealthy relationship. This true since 50 percent of marriages in America end in divorce. Some causes for divorce are domestic violence, miscommunication, financial instability, cheating, etc. With an increase in technology pictures can be used to deceive on social media due to cat-fishing. For those who don’t know what cat fishing is, catfishing is when a person on the internet pretends to be someone else? This can lead to identity theft, fake relationships, loss of money etc. The reason I am saying this is because there are so many desperate in the internet, as well as thieves. Thus allowing them to

In addition, photography does it pivotal role by showing people the realities of life. One relevant example to this is photojournalism. Through photographic presentation, people are informed of the real situations of the stories about the real situations around the globe, may it be good or bad news. It is very easy to understand news or stories with photos attached to them. Therefore, photography is a powerful communication tool that embeds social happenings to the human awakening, with no other form of media can

Music is a huge part of our everyday life. Many people don’t realize that music plays a significant role in in the way it affects the human brain. It connects and helps us share experiences with loved ones, friends, and random acquaintances. The variety of genres lets us explore the different emotions as we listen to specific songs, whether or not its pop, hip-hop/ rap, indie, country, rock/ heavy & death metal, classical, dance, jazz, blues, soul, reggae, and opera. Psychologists seem to believe the answer lies within the rhythm, tone, lyrics, and melody of the music. A great and inspiring songwriter/ vocalist, Mitch Lucker, said, “Keep listening to music, cause it gets you through everything. I promise.” My question is, why do people turn to music rather than friends or family? Considering this, what is it about music that helps us through difficult obstacles in life? According to many psychologist music can affect mood, health, mind, and learning ability.

The definition of music is very different to many people. Some say that music is the arrangement of sound and silence. Others like myself say music is that and much more. Music is an aural form of art that is used to express emotion and touch the hearts of the listener through the use of phrasing, dynamics, style and tone color. Music is a very universal art form.

The literal meaning of the word 'music' according to any dictionary is: 'art of combining vocal or instrumental sounds in a harmonious or expressive way.' But music has a meaning which is far broader than this. Music is life. Music means Self-expansion and oneness. It is an art by itself. Art, in any of its forms, is generated by a person, or a group of talented yet usually ordinary people, that express, willingly or not, an opinion regarding present times. It is not a want; it is a need. If you try to imagine yourself without it, you are bound to feel incomplete. For many of us, it has become a necessity of our lives. Music has no boundaries. Music is the