Erol Morris Reading
"With the advent of photography images are torn from reality and exist as separate entities"
The impossibility of providing full context for an image creates flexibility in what we see in the image, and what we want the image to be, in our own eyes and from the eye behind the lens.
"photography provides evidence but no shortcut to reality"
We tend to respect photographic evidence, especially in this context with a certain tinge of credibility.
Especially in the case with the hooded man, it seemed more natural to follow the evidence and lines of logic that signified it was the correct person. We innately, subliminally enact trust, upon the context, the photo, and the evidence. There is a rational logic that is born out of innate credibility of what we want the story to be, for photography, and the journalistic process. Sometimes this line of thought can clash with the truth, and shows the processes of trust that take place in our media transmission.
The impossibility of providing full context for an image creates flexibility in what we see in the image, and what we want the image to be, in our own eyes and from the eye behind the lens.
"photography provides evidence but no shortcut to reality"
We tend to respect photographic evidence, especially in this context with a certain tinge of credibility.
Especially in the case with the hooded man, it seemed more natural to follow the evidence and lines of logic that signified it was the correct person. We innately, subliminally enact trust, upon the context, the photo, and the evidence. There is a rational logic that is born out of innate credibility of what we want the story to be, for photography, and the journalistic process. Sometimes this line of thought can clash with the truth, and shows the processes of trust that take place in our media transmission.
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