Does a photo need to say something?

[Dinod]

Photo does not say anything, but it makes the talk (or silent) the man who saw him

[markfinn]

This photography is photography to the scene exploded, forcing the artists out of their comfort zone. In response, many artists began to work more exotic "impressionist" and later in the "abstract" - part of the response to the camera's perception, to help create more realistic looking paintings painter, said many things to understand.

[Mr. Harris]

It is true that a photo never speaks but it has a power to generate filings silently in your heart and mind. For example when we arranged any important occasion like marriage where we need a wedding photographer like RJ Harris Photography who was take photos on my marriage occasion and I get him through their site milwaukeeweddingphotos.net. We need to take photos not for as memory also it creates such filings which it has. When I saw my marriage photos I have gained that fillings which I had on my past marriage days.

[noflashlight]

yes! a photo most definitely should say something. I just haven't figured out what.

Greg

[nidhish]

Yes a pic should talk to its =viewers because if it doesn't then the pic is nothing more then a random design or drawing on a piece of paper .

[nidhish]

Yes a pic should talk to its viewers because if it doesn't then the pic is nothing more then a random design or drawing on a piece of paper .

[chaucolai]

Photos will always have a meaning to someone. While often people don't agree on the meaning and the original photographer didn't mean for it to come across that way, as long as the message isn't inappropriate, I think people should accept it.
.. and that sounds like a load of crap. Umm. Lemme start again.

A photo doesn't have to have meaning behind it, but usually people will place significance on it anyway. (Especially if they're an English teacher and you're doing film studies. I'm sure that the director didn't mean that.. aww, c'mon, now you're just ********ting...)

[The Perfect White]

Photos definitely should have a message to communicate to the viewer...

[Funshots]

Definitely i agree....My eyes always told my brain...What i took says.

[Oldhippy]

I've put a lot of thought into this subject.The value of a photo or photo quest is in what is not said or experienced. We are surrounded by beauty and wonder , even in the ugliest and harshest environments.I find that as I go through life I am constantly experiencing sensory overload. Even while escaping to the mountains my senses are responding to billions of stimuli. The photo and the photo quest give me an opportunity to shut out the overwhelming noise and dwell solely upon either the finished photo or the photo awaiting capture. The chief attribute of a good photo is its ability to speak so loudly that , for a moment, you can't hear anything else.

[Millsdube]

yes,Only a photo is called a photo if it is a giving a message...a photo makes ur past full of life...So it do need to say something

[chuckdee]

Whether I'm shooting sports, a wedding or portraits, for me, it's all about the face and their expressions.
IMO, expressions are worth a thousands words so if somebody asked me "what am I trying to say with this photo?" I'd simply reply, "look at the face and you tell me".
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[Alistairy]

i suppose any photo expresses photographer's feelings

[SkipT]

A picture is a picture. A picture is art when some one likes it. Tho the person who took the picture will always think its art. Lets face most art didn't get to be art untill the person who made the art died then it was art

[jesilangdale]

A picture is a picture. A picture is art when some one likes it. Tho the person who took the picture will always think its art. Lets face most art didn't get to be art untill the person who made the art died then it was art

I totally agree with this statement. There is some fashion photography out there that while I find it beautiful, it doesn't really seem to be very deep or thoughtful, but others regard it as the most talented and beautiful work of photographic art. It is definitely subjective. I think as long as someone thinks when they see your work, has an emotional or logical response, this is what makes photography special, the fact that it can connect people removed by miles, culture and even time, not it's potential in the 'art' world.

[daq7]

I would think that most art never got to be art ever. Period.

[IIPMahendra]

Photographyfacts‬ : During film photography era back in 1820s, early cameras would take several hours to actually capture a picture. Unlike today, photography portrait sessions lasted long hours. With the long exposure technique, photographing adult people was still okay but when it came to photographing children, things turned even more difficult. To take portraits of kids, most of the times mothers had to sit all covered and disguised as chair holding their babies.

[allykatt88]

When I die, my instagram will be be famous. All those photos of food

[baumgardt]

Photography is a way of expression, just like words and music.

[leonamaloney]

Actually, I think that we need 2 types of photos:
1-with the message
2-just a picture
I don't think that each photo should have a special message. For example if we have a photo of night city life. This is simply a good picture, but no special messages in it.
If we have a photo from the war with a child, for example, this is not just a photo. I think that everyone will see the message.

[pigor978]

A photo of city night could be beautiful or ugly: this is a massege for me ;)

[pigor978]

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