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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
voyeuristic/gazing
1. Does the first highlighted sentence mean that generally photographs and photography itself do not show the truth, but my photographs show exactly what I want to say, and I try to say the truth?
2. Does the second highlighted sentence simply mean that his best photographs show the world through our point of view? Or does it have anything to do with voyeurism?
Context:
Describing his photographs, Wentworth writes : Like all photography they may not be truths, but I tell the truth – they co-incide with me, they are strictly circumstantial and the only interference is my point-of-view (both kinds) which I try to keep matter-of-fact…What we experience in cities are, literally and metaphorically, overheard conversations and the best of my work are images which stand for our unavoidable voyeuristic/gazing condition.
2. Does the second highlighted sentence simply mean that his best photographs show the world through our point of view? Or does it have anything to do with voyeurism?
Context:
Describing his photographs, Wentworth writes : Like all photography they may not be truths, but I tell the truth – they co-incide with me, they are strictly circumstantial and the only interference is my point-of-view (both kinds) which I try to keep matter-of-fact…What we experience in cities are, literally and metaphorically, overheard conversations and the best of my work are images which stand for our unavoidable voyeuristic/gazing condition.
Top answer
My suggestion, others may have other ideas - #1 Photos are instances of truths in action, not the truths themselves. But they are fragments of time and space, scenes taken from particular angles at chosen moments, not the whole, so they represent the author's choice and interest rather than the whole, balanced reality. However they are real and not chosen to deceive or force answers.
- My suggestion, others may have other ideas - #1 Photos are instances of truths in action, not the truths themselves.
- But they are fragments of time and space, scenes taken from particular angles at chosen moments, not the whole, so they represent the author's choice and interest rather than the whole, balanced reality.
- However they are real and not chosen to deceive or force answers.
- #2 In life you can't help encountering personal and impersonal things which intrigue you, and my work is in line with/captures/conveys this experience.
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My suggestion, others may have other ideas -
#1 Photos are instances of truths in action, not the truths themselves. But they are fragments of time and space, scenes taken from particular angles at chosen moments, not the whole, so they represent the author's choice and interest rather than the whole, balanced reality. However they are real and not chosen to deceive or force answers.
#1 Photos are instances of truths in action, not the truths themselves. But they are fragments of time and space, scenes taken from particular angles at chosen moments, not the whole, so they represent the author's choice and interest rather than the whole, balanced reality. However they are real and not chosen to deceive or force answers.
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