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//Errol Morris “On Photography” Reflection//
Morris discusses how to observe a photograph. By making
observations, people can begin to understand the image as well as the
photographer’s intentions. All photographs are posed. This means that people
can only see what the photographer chooses. In other words, photographs are
swatches of reality, and the viewer can only see what he or she is viewing by
investigating and seizing the details placed within the image. Iconic
photographs, or photographs that are well-known to viewers, have a particular
power over people. The photograph captures something that naked human eye was
not able to see before. Iconic photographs cause people to become curious about
that particular image and photography as a whole. In these photographs, the photographer has
chosen what viewers are looking at. There is always something outside of the
photograph that people do not see. The perception of an image is the
photographer’s choice. The role of viewers is to recognize this particular perception.
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