#10 “All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this - as in other ways - they are the opposite of paintings. Paintings record what the painter remembers. Because each one of us forgets different things, a photo more than a painting may change its meaning according to who is looking at it.” ~John Berger
I totally and completely agree with this quote. It is amazing to see how these two differ... because photographs truly are a way to capture an exact scene and much less and interpretation. Paintings are recordings of a memory. However, it is also important to acknowledge that art and photography are very much the same. I am able to adjust a photograph to be my interpretation of the scene - A similar concept to how paintings are created.
On the interpretation piece, it is important to say that individuals all interpret the world in different ways. This applies fully to the quote above. No matter what we are viewing, there is always going to be a different perspective held by each person. Photographs are going to communicate differently to different people. There is a huge value in understanding those differences because it shows how individuals approach the world and even problems.
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