The main differences and similarities between art and press photography
Before the invention of cameras came, our ancestors carved
pictures, events and art on the walls of stone caves. Then as technology
evolved, we started to use paint brushes and paper to record events and expressed
our ideas. As of today we’re able to record events and express art with the
help of cameras and computers for technology effects.
In the world today photographs are wildly used to present events that occur in our daily life to the public, just like the many artists would use paint brushes and papers to paint different arts which are very similar in many ways. The two ways mentioned above could be both considered to be an art form. They both are presenting a message and a story to the viewers. They both used the same tools to help expressing what the photographers were trying to achieve. They were also recording down how the world was like at that current time; in the form of art, it showed the art style at that that current era and as for press, it recorded the events that have occurred. It could also be passed down as time goes by and the things snapped into the photographs would never age and be kept in that frozen position.
Some differences between the two would be, while they could both be considered as art, that press photographs should never be manipulated. Press photographs are presenting the truth of the events or message, therefore, however, if it was manipulated then it wouldn’t be considered to be true and real. As we could see from picture press photo a, the man rinsing his face after a gas pipe explosion, if it was manipulated then the truth would be lost. The background, expression on the person’s face and the environment are all aspect of truth which lets us viewers to see events that occurred while we might be enjoying our Starbucks coffee. On the other hand, manipulation would be fine for art photos, since the artists are trying to present his ideas to the viewers.
The photographs that I picked show different events that occurred and different messages that the artists were trying to present to the viewers. Ideas were different during the shoot of those photographs and different technology were used to help with achieving the effects.
In the world today photographs are wildly used to present events that occur in our daily life to the public, just like the many artists would use paint brushes and papers to paint different arts which are very similar in many ways. The two ways mentioned above could be both considered to be an art form. They both are presenting a message and a story to the viewers. They both used the same tools to help expressing what the photographers were trying to achieve. They were also recording down how the world was like at that current time; in the form of art, it showed the art style at that that current era and as for press, it recorded the events that have occurred. It could also be passed down as time goes by and the things snapped into the photographs would never age and be kept in that frozen position.
Some differences between the two would be, while they could both be considered as art, that press photographs should never be manipulated. Press photographs are presenting the truth of the events or message, therefore, however, if it was manipulated then it wouldn’t be considered to be true and real. As we could see from picture press photo a, the man rinsing his face after a gas pipe explosion, if it was manipulated then the truth would be lost. The background, expression on the person’s face and the environment are all aspect of truth which lets us viewers to see events that occurred while we might be enjoying our Starbucks coffee. On the other hand, manipulation would be fine for art photos, since the artists are trying to present his ideas to the viewers.
The photographs that I picked show different events that occurred and different messages that the artists were trying to present to the viewers. Ideas were different during the shoot of those photographs and different technology were used to help with achieving the effects.
Press photo a
Press Photo b
Photographer: Luiz Vasconcelos
Source:http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2009/feb/13/photography1?picture=343222612
Art photo a
Art Photo b
Photographer: Michael E. Gordon
Source:http://www.michael-gordon.com/photo.php?id=148&gallery=new
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