“Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world.” Arnold Newman
Photography is really just a recreation of what we see. It is not possible to truly capture the scene or the essence of the situation. In fact, I think what this quote is really addressing is the interpretation we all do when we are seeing photographs. No one person sees a picture the same way. Many times when I see a picture, I dont notice things that other people do, and vice versa. I'm not sure that I agree completely with the "private world" comment, because pictures are often very public and very expressive. It is more the interpretation that is often private.
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