Steve Edwards discusses photography and its role in the everyday lives of modern society. Not only is photography part of daily life, but it is also a growing part of the culture that makes our society exactly what it is. Whether we know it or not, photographs effect people very directly. Although photography has this influence over the human race, oftentimes people misunderstand what exactly is happening within a photograph. Many times the photo is altered, so it is not a truthful representation of what is actually happening in the actual setting of the photographer.
Edwards goes back and forth the ongoing debate on whether or not photography is considered an art. In my opinion, photography is an art. Photographers have the ability to capture emotion and passion in a two dimensional portrait. Just as if an artist were painting or a drawing, a lot of creative thought goes into photography, and just as any other medium, has a long history and string of famous photographers to support it.
Though we may not all be professional photographers, I truly believe that everyone should appreciate photography and consider it just as much an art as any other working medium. It is a core item of everyday life, and honestly, life would not be the same without it. If that’s not art, then I don’t know what is.
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