"Practices of Looking - Chapter 3 : The Myth of Photographic Truth"
Basically this is all my own personal take on the assignment as I did not hear a peep from 1 group member after getting the assignment. Personally I think "group" work is useless as some commit more than others resulting in those who have committed having to pull the others weight as well, & of course availability within the individuals of the group.
Discussed in this chapter is how the truth behind a photographic image is perceived.
A look into how a photograph can present literal descriptive evidence and evoke further thought into the meaning behind its capture, more complex feelings & associations - a mythical quality, as such.
Example of a family photograph is given, which I related to the image below.
The truth of where the family gathered or a celebration that had taken place can all be documented in one photograph. Proving that every person in that photograph was alive at that given time & attended the location in which the image was taken.
Though looking into the image & why it was taken could bring us to those more complex feelings & associations, make us think what was being conveyed & how? Were religious & cultural values related to the scene? (Eg. expression, representative subjects, food, attire & appearance)
Although photographs these days can be easily manipulated or altered, due to computer generated technologies it has become more & more part of our awareness to pick what is legit and what is not. Photography still plays major part in empowering truthful informative & expressive documentation of events in history.
Now-our days it seems a growing competition of who can capture an image that is evidently 'real' without the expectation of manipulation or alteration due to eroded trust in 'the real' of an image. Computer generated technologies & graphics have made an approachable medium to simulate the realism of an actual photographic image through 'digital painting'. A 'digital painting' could still represent meaning of photographic truth but this depends on intent behind the reproduced image & the expectation of the viewer/s.
Summary - "Practices of Looking - Chapter 3 : The Myth of Photographic Truth"
Family Image - http://www.sfbayview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Kwanzaa-family-with-grandfather.jpg
Digitally Painted Image - http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3466/3270900381_00fc5f4c2a.jpg
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