Why are people obsessed with taking photos?

We want to think of ourselves as having a certain unchanging “core”. If we feel unable to change how we see ourselves over time, this could seriously affect our sense of agency and mental health. So our obsession with taking photos may be causing both memory loss and uncomfortable identity discrepancies.

What does Susan Sontag say about photography?

‘Photographs are a way of imprisoning reality… One can’t possess reality, one can possess images–one can’t possess the present but one can possess the past. ‘

How did the photograph change the world?

Photography changed our vision of the world by providing more access to more images drawn from more places and times in the world than ever before. Photography enabled images to be copied and mass-distributed. The media-sphere was burgeoning. Making and distributing images became easier, faster, and less expensive.

Is Susan Sontag a photographer?

This famous collection of essays by Susan Sontag contemplates photography and its position in contemporary culture.

How do photographs shape our sense of the past?

Photographs warp our sense of time. All photographs present us with the past and present at the same time. Photographs remind us of people and things that have gone. Photographs record what has been lost, what no longer exists, or what still exists but will be lost at some point in the future.

Why do people take pictures?

Whilst the aforementioned reasons mainly focused on capturing information, early photographic societies also started considering photography as an art form. Throughout history the reasons for photography changed.

How has photography changed our lives?

The invention of photography has allowed mankind to document a lot of historic moments throughout our time on earth. Some show us how far we have come as a species, while others make us remember the moments that we’d rather forget.

What led to the development of photography?

Faster and cheaper than oil paintings, this demand could well have been the catalyst that led to further development in the photography field. From the early years of photography, the press recognized the power that photographs could add to their reporting, thus the birth of photojournalism.

What is the importance of emotion in photography?

Every human emotion can find a place in photography. We have the opportunity to capture moments in time reflecting joy, sorrow and sympathy. It allows us to capture the beauty and wonder of people and places around us. People and places that evoke some kind of emotion, be it love, wonder or awe.