What is a photograph? To me a photograph can be an object which you hold in your hands, it can be a way of communicating or it could be just someone's interpretation of something. A photograph is unique, there is never more than one image the same.
Looking at a photograph in a different way:
Photographs are always different, wether it is the way it has been printed, displayed or the way you as an individual sees it, everyone views things in different ways; it called being human and having your
own mind. Hand printing compared to it being digitally printing, i feel that you have more control over the appearance it gives off, for example you have more control over the texture, contrast, presentation, if you want a boarder on it or not, and the colour or if you want it in black and white.
Producing photographs especially in the years it began to be more and more demanding were extremely important, especially when travelling started. Not everyone could travel due to the fact of not having money, and also no one knew what places where out in the world to explore.
Documentary photography is how we know it, documenting your surroundings and what you see. Photographers such as Ansel Adams, Walker Evans , Hiroshi Sugimoto and many other photographers known as Landscape photographer and Documentary photographers.
Landscape Photographs by the Photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto
Hiroshi Sugimoto as a photographer photographs sea scales, water and land. They are elements that make up the world. water and Air are extremely important for human life, the survival of the human population. His photographs capture the true life of the world.
Landscape Photographs by the Photographer Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams photography is truthful, and shows what the world looks like, offering people who do not have the money to travel. Using black and white to add effect and tone to the images, his work capture the true beauty of the world.
A famous quote by the photographer Ansel Adams which i find to be very true...
'Not Everybody Trust Paintings, but People Believe Photographs'
Tourism, Landscape and Myth
Landscape as a Myth
Landscapes were a way of documenting what the wealthy have back in the 18th century. In the 18th century paintings is how they documented landscapes, showing the truth, it is a way of documenting themselves and their land. In a way landscape is a myth, it is a way how people see the world, your own interpretation. Photographing the landscape to me is a way of documenting the world, as they say if there is not truth how do we know that it is real, and that is where the myth comes into it, we only know what has happened because we have proof of it, for example 'Mr and Mrs Andrews' by Thomas Gainsborough.
'Mr and Mrs Andrews' painted by Thomas Gainsborough
This painting of a wealthy young couple, the man stood above his wife, guarding her whist looking over the aches and aches of land they own. The majority of paintings like the one above is a way of documenting their land and social status.
Tourism as a Myth
What do you class a tourism? Tourism to me is a way of travelling, exploring, seeing things I've never seen before. Tourism as a myth come from the way people view and portrays things, it is a stereotype. Tourism is advertised in many different ways for example post cards, tourist broachers; these are all way for you to have a better idea of what the weld is like, getting a sneak peak into the other countries; allowing you to see other cultures.
Looking at brochures and post cards do not always tell the truth, they manipulate something to look like something else. the images which have been used in brochures and so on are used for on purpose only advertising, making places look better than what they are.
Painting is how it began and photography is how it goes in todays society.
Looking into the idea of tourism, landscape and myth i looked at the photographer Martin Parr. his work respond to the British culture. Martin Parr photographed are culture, tourism related, showing the best about the British public.
Photographer Martin Parr
All Photographs by Photographer Martin Parr
Martin Parr as a british photographer capture the true british life style, photographing in a unique way, Martin Parr's work highlights certain aspects which make his work even more unusual. His photographs allows people to see into the way look at the world.
Looking at Martin Parr work, you can recognise it as his work, they are bright, colourful, and oRiginal, he takes his photographs from unique angles offering a new perspective on the way we look at things. For example the photograph above with the seagulls, he focuses not on the surroundings but the main subject within the image, this image of the seagulls reminds me of the British seaside; chips, the Union Jack, seagulls, etc... Martin Parr is known all around the world due to his creative way of looking at the world.
Bibliography
WEISKI, T. 'Martin Parr' http://www.martinparr.com/introduction/ (9/01/2015)
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