On Photography
Quote 1: "Photographs really are experience captured, and the camera is the ideal arm of consciousness in its acquisitive mood."
This quote to me explains how pictures are the best way to capture memories and still get that feeling of being there. In todays society, people record and take pictures of everything they do for their social media accounts. It really is special to look back at them and recall special memories as we get older but people tend to lose themselves behind their camera and it consumes their lives. Sometimes its ok to live in the moment but their is nothing wrong with snapping a few pics along the way.
Quote 2: "Photographs, which fiddle with the scale of the world, themselves get reduced, blown up, cropped, retouched, doctored, tricked out."
This quote to me screams Instagram. People put on a facade and they use filters on their face or their bodies to create something that is not true.
Kitchen Table Series
Quote 1: "Weems, playing the muse, embraces her partner, their arms forming a single spiral. She’s alone, folding into herself, a half-empty bottle of wine in front of her."
As it says in the quote, Weems is shown hugging her partner and the next picture is shown her drinking wine by herself and crying. It can represent how sometimes when we think we have someone to rely on, they ultimately will leave us.
Quote 2: "I knew that I was making images unlike anything I had seen before, but I didn’t know what that would mean."
This quote speaks to me about taking risks. Weems wanted to tell a story through her pictures and she got her friends and family involved. Something that started out as a hobby turned into a career.
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