The Image World

One portion of Susan's essay I found really interesting was when she spoke of photography's place in Chinese society. I had never thought about how a society such as theirs would have an effect on arts, specifically photography. "Photography in our sense has no place in their society" as they resist the "photographic dismemberment of reality." There are two ways of viewing things in Chinese society: right or wrong. There is only one correct way to photograph something, different points of view do not exist. The notion of finding or viewing something from a direction or mindset that nobody else has before is unwelcome. This idea is paralleled in the political climate of China where they are subject to a single ruling party, and opposing views are unheard of or quickly extinguished with a swift hand. In our society, both in photography and in politics, it's hard to find someone who has the same exact views as someone else. We may share some common grounds, but eventually, people find a way to deviate from each other.

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