“He had a powerful weapon on his chest, his camera” Eduardo Caccia.
Since the cave days human being has always had the need of play reality, capture a single moment or a event important.
“Time ends up elevating almost all photographs, even the most inexperienced, to the height of art.” Susan Sontag
Without a doubt the PhotographyWhat observers what we are, helps us see moments attracted they may be revealers, motivators either shockingso also when we photograph Y we share the image, display the degree of our talent, as well as luck, our interests or intentions.
The Photography have a unimaginable powercan give us tracestell us many things, for this when it is photographer and get intimate with a purpose their applications or uses can be broad and important, such is the case of photography as a tool of genealogy. A Photography we can supply information about the peoplethe placesthe climate and even information of own photographer.
One of the most appreciated benefits of Photography is he documentary value; however, we must have a lot watch out on the reading and interpretation that we give to an image; are multiple factors and actors who could give us a trace right either wrong that does not necessarily reflect reality itself.
The Photography it has had an impact on people’s lives, being a recent artistic activity in the world; if compared to painting, sculpture or literature, the impact of Photography has been significant for the human being and its evolution, its purposes, in addition to being artistic, are historical and help us to photograph times as well as daily life, preserve reality as it is in a specific time frame, compiling irreplaceable information to the archaeologists of the future; In the following image we can see how many and what are some of the types of photographs:
Next, we will share some ideas of two types of photographs related to the previous image.
“Ever since cameras were invented in 1839, photography has accompanied death.” Susan Sontag.
“The usual goal of forensic and social complaint photography is to reproduce all the chromatic elements in the examination of the place of the facts, the identification of the objects, the fixation of the place where the evidence was located, as well as its characteristics, gathering accuracy and sharpness”.
Eduardo Caccia last Sunday, June 12, 2022, named his column in the newspaper Reforma “Depict the pain”making an excellent apology at the 50th anniversary of an iconic Photography which was taken on the outskirts of the village of Trang Bang Vietnam, on June 8, 1972, which would unexpectedly link the fates of the photographer and a girl burned by a flammable substance thrown by US troops. The Photography known by his nickname “The Napalm Girl” was captured by Nick ut Vietnamese reporter then 21 years old; it went around the world and became a symbol against violence and war, the important thing is that said Photography he saved the life of the girl he immortalized. Nick ut She threatened the doctors who refused to treat her in a hospital: “If she dies, the world will know.” “He had a powerful weapon on his chest, his camera.”
In the Photography Several elements are involved, the same ones that we present in the following image and that we will develop in this text.
1. The photographer
“The photographer is the contemporary being par excellence; through the gaze of him, the now becomes past”. Berenice Abbott.
universally the photographer (spontaneous, amateur or professional) it is observer, active spectator and engaged in the event and is more easily aware of the opportunities What does capturing give you? significant and revealing moments of the world around him, his main instruments are his sensitivitythe sense of opportunity Y his eyes. The Photography It often drives you to discover new things and pay attention to the small details of the moment, as well as the elements that can help you take a better shot, such as the light and the shadesthe colorsthe context and the textures of things
2. The purpose, the context and the moment.
“A good photograph is obtained by knowing where to stand.” Ansel Adams.
Like everything in life, have a objective, a mission or a purpose an action of excellence will always help the photographic task; the Photographs that make history on a personal, family level, in a community, in society, in a country and in the world, are usually accompanied, among other actions, by a firm determination to do something new.
In the activity photographic, They say that it is the art of the methodical observation of the context, the subject or object that is going to be photographed, and in what it is about finding something attractive about a place in an apparently common moment. paraphrasing the photographer Elliott Erwitt: “I have realized that – photographing – has little to do with the things you see and a lot to do with how you see them”.
3. The powerful weapon camera.
“The most important component of a camera is behind it.” Ansel Adams.
The photographic camera has marked important milestones in history, from a wooden box with printing through wet plates and sepia-toned development, to cameras of various types with black and white printing, to instant printing with the Polaroid and in the phase of Photography in full color, arriving today at the digital camera as an electronic device used to capture and store Photographs electronically, reaching a time when everyone who has a “smartphone” becomes “a reporter of opportunity” raising the question: Are we journalists and do we deserve an Oscar, or are we simple messengers 2.0?
The camera It allows us in a certain way to stop time in a portrait and access memories that become immortal, it serves to see how much we have changed, and to value those moments in which our decreased memory or ability to relate moments is reinforced by a Photography. In this context, the phrase “to remember is to live” takes on meaning and significance.
4. Protection and conservation of the photograph.
“How to prevent Digital Humanity from becoming invisible” Carlos Vargas.
There will always be concern for the conservation of the photographic heritage at all levels (personal, family, community, society in general, etc.) Can you imagine if your information 2.0 becomes invisible forever and ever? So today it is important to ask ourselves: What will happen in the future with information in the cloud? Who can guarantee the survival of information in the cloud for ever and ever? What do we have or can we do to preserve it over time and in the future? space?
5. The holistic and high-impact power of photography.
“Photography is the only language that can be understood and understood throughout the world.” Bruno Barbey
As for the title of this collaboration “The holistic and high-impact power of photography”, we conclude that, in reference to the “Can Holistic”, We are supremely convinced that a Photography it is the result of the sum of its parts and that at the same time they have great value by themselves. As for the “High impact”, we have this one pointed out in this text with some prominences that are obtained in and with the result of a Photography from the pedagogical, didactic levels, through the genealogical, forensic, family, business, government, scientific and in an infinity of areas.
The benefits of photographic activity are incalculable, given that it is not only present in countless businesses, and in terms of pesos and cents, but there are other advantages related to memory, redemption, denunciation, investigation and in a very It is important to preserve the footprint of humanity by making itself present from the caves.
We conclude with the phrase of the photographer Oka Leele “No one escapes the fascination produced by PhotographyIt’s like a magic box.”La Photography objectively it brings us closer to people from all over the world, since it is a universal language that anyone can understand and be moved by. What we want to communicate with our portraits or Photographs, they don’t need a legend, “the emotions of all kinds that they arouse will open the way to deep reflection and in the hearts of all”