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Forum: General Photography
12-18-2018, 07:36 AM
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I think that most people take the same travel photos because most do not have a lot of interest in artistry or aesthetics. There would not be so much ugliness in the built environment (with notable exceptions) otherwise. I think most can recognise "style", and might follow it, but only because they consider it something they should follow rather than it striking a strong artistic chord.
To most people therefore photos are a functional thing rather than a form of art and the function is to record occasions, people and locations in a way like a notebook. In the text analogy, a photo is more like a diary entry or a letter to a friend than a piece of verse; and a diary entry is more likely to say "Saw the Eiffel Tower" than to say "Saw a nice pattern of shadows under a park bench".
As this is a photgraphic forum, inevitably there is a strong leaning here towards the artistic function of photography. As such, I'm sure that many of us here have experienced blank expressions from people we have shown our "Park Bench Shadow Pattern" photos, but OTOH their faces lighting up with recognition when they see a standard shot of the Eiffel Tower.
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Forum: General Photography
12-16-2018, 01:36 PM
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I've heard (not been there) that at some of AA's locations a pair of footprints has been painted to show where he actually (or is supposed to have) stood! I must admit I did take a picture where Fox Talbot took his first photo at Laycock Abbey, the first ever picture taken on a negative. He must have left his camera behind, that's it in the perspex case on the table.
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