It’s very strange to me that when people look at a photograph, they think of the way the image was taken before the experience happening in front of the lens. Isn’t it bazaar that people first want to know how that image was made rather than just experiencing what presented before them? Maybe that is part of the experience, but unlike impressionist painters, photographs show no brush strokes. Even without brush strokes, a capable eye can stipulate all of the equipment used to get the shot and even my positioning when the shutter finally fired. Some may even put together how they could put together something to recreate the same exact seen. But, this isn’t the path to understanding the photograph itself and why it was taken and why it is being presented to you and what reaction you are giving back. It’s like staring at your baseball glove, wondering how they stitched it together while a ball is coming right at you.
