Framing
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<strong>Framing</strong><br />
The Photographer
DSLR(The Professional)<br />
VS.<br />
Phone<br />
(The Amateur)
Artist’s Statement:<br />
This is not simply another Photoessay, but<br />
rather a visually ordained utensil trying to<br />
eradicate the exigency of whether or not every<br />
autonomous being on the planet that delves<br />
into recording imagery via digital point-andshoot<br />
cameras, phones or other devices with<br />
photographic-capturing abilities are truly<br />
tainting and bringing forth the degradation<br />
of the quality and essence of photography.<br />
By creating a visual that will compare and<br />
contrast the artistic and photographic eye<br />
to the utilizing of digital devices to capture<br />
morning breakfasts and mealtime images<br />
will hopefully aid in objectifying the quintessence<br />
of photography, and whether-ornot<br />
everyone having the capability of taking<br />
a photo is doing exactly what Sontag hinted<br />
at: Allowing for the degradation of the purity<br />
of photography. Likening it to the enlisting<br />
of bloodshed and countless calamities of<br />
terribly composed and violent symphonies.<br />
Or is it allowing a more modern and artistic<br />
sense of photography to emerge from<br />
the damnation of poor quality composition<br />
and lack of content due to untrained eyes,<br />
therefore allowing photographers to rise and<br />
combat this conflict through even more stunning<br />
photography produced by professional<br />
equipment and a keen insight that truly understands<br />
the tools of the trade. It is commonly<br />
said that the best piece of photographic<br />
equipment hovering just 12 inches behind<br />
the flickering LCD screen. Just behind the<br />
viewfinder lies the most important tool, the<br />
imagination and the yearning for aspiration!<br />
The question then is whether or not we<br />
should just leave it up to the professionals,<br />
AND MY PROCLOMATION IS NAY! It is<br />
through sifting through the mindless crap,<br />
and terribly composed imagery that the true<br />
beauty of photography begins to emerge and<br />
immerse itself in the soul. It is seeing what<br />
you hate, and finding what you love that<br />
gives you an eye for what is true and pure,<br />
gutting the rest of the tyranny that is mindless,<br />
motionless and breathless photography.
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