Response to Quote
The quote I enjoyed best was the first one written by Roland Barthes. Like photography, it captures the spirit of that magic moment he experiences at that particular time and space. This is also what those pictures mean to him. Each of these pictures capture a certain moment of his mother’s life in the exact time, space, age and mood she was back then. Captured in a picture, these moments will always live on, every time a person looks at them. This is what makes photography so interesting and important. It can remind you of moments in a way that no stories or descriptions can do it. Just by a look at her face, Barthes is reminded of more than just this moment, but also a personality and a figure his mother was to him. It is not only a person in front of a setting. These photographies evoke emotions he felt back then, he tries to remember now, and he can feel again later in his life, even after that person, who made him feel this way, has passed away. I think, this is the major reason why we love taking pictures- because we know that they will remind us of that day, that mood, and the experience belonging to it later in our lives and help us to live them again in our memories.
Monday, January 26, 2009
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