Fred Ritchin: After Photography
One thing that was said in the article that I thought was really interesting was “Much of digital photography will not be, as it is now, reactive but rather try to anticipate and deal with potential issues rather than waiting for them to happen and recording their existence.” I don't really like this idea because photography is all about seeing moments as they happen and capturing them. Candid photographs are one of my favorite things because they aren't planned and they're not posed. They are simply the art of capturing people in their everyday lives but capturing them in a way that makes them extraordinary. So the idea that photographs will be more of a pre-reaction is not that appealing to me as a photographer.
Another quote that I found really interesting was “Photography, rather than reacting to an apocalypse, can now try to help us avoid them.” I think this is a really good point for the author to bring up. Photographs are really really powerful, especially with how visual today's world is. People can read about a problem, but until they see graphic images or upsetting ones, they often won't understand the problem's true severity. Using photography as a tool to try and make a change is not only a really good idea but also really essential to today's world.
The other interesting thing I thought was “For the professional photographer, providing photographs to the community being documented changes the conceptual stance.” This is a really interesting concept. If your audience for your photograph is the subjects of your photograph, they are going to have their own conceptions and ideas tied to the photo, and vice versa for audiences who are NOT your subject in the actual photo. It is important to consider how this could certainly change someone's feelings towards an image and your goal with the photograph could be changed completely as well.
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