Why do we take photos?

Thousands years ago, people started to made paintings about their environment, beginning from tracing their hands, drawing the animals and then drawing abstract patterns on the rock and the wall of the cave. These are the ways that people use to express themselves and also to record what they think of the world and who they are.

We take photos because words cannot always describe and express our feelings satisfactorily. That's why photography plays their roles, because pictures are the fundamental component of how human observes things, what is happening at that moment, what is your feeling, but nevertheless what is your perspective of the world.

Photos and pictures are meant to be shared. You can think that it is a private activity or I  just want to keep it myself and it is a tool to record my feeling. But this is wrong! Because pictures will lose its purpose if you don't share it.

Just think that photography as a conversation among the photographer, the subject and the viewer. In the conversation, the participants not only exchange words but also create meaning. Then, they will have creative interaction and reach a conclusion that accepted by them.

Lastly, this quote is awesome!

"If i could explain to you what I meant there would be  no reason to dance." -Isadora Duncan, the mother of modern dance.

Reference:

1. Robert Hirsch, 2007. Westwood Light and Lens Bundle: Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital     Age. 1 Edition. Focal Press. p3-p4.

2. “Why Do We Take Photos? – PictureCorrect.” Accessed August 3, 2013.    http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/why-do-we-take-photos/.

Images:

“World’s Oldest Cave Art Found—Made by Neanderthals?” Accessed August 3, 2013. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/06/120614-neanderthal-cave-paintings-spain-science-pike/.

"1900-isadora-duncan-and-the-birth-of-modern-dance" Accessed August 3, 2013.

http://www.danceconsortium.com/features/dance-resources/dance-handbook/1900-isadora-duncan-and-the-birth-of-modern-dance/