What Photography Means to me

  Steve McCurry was a man who was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. He went to attend Penn State University and wanted to become a cinematography major and filmmaking but figured out that it wasn't for him so he decided to get a degree in theatre arts. He really became interested in photography when he shot pictures for the newspaper jumpstarting his career. He really got into his career when he traveled to northern Pakistan and started doing a lot of photography over there. He made a lot of unique pictures with a lot of portraits also being made. When I first look at this image a lot of thought come to my head very quickly. The first thought that comes to my head is why is there a man on the canoe floating down the river? My first thought was maybe that the flowers represented death and maybe there was a casket under those flowers almost like the flowers people would put on someone's casket at a funeral. I was thinking that this may be a special river where people will take d...

 I have already read the article for this class in my first class, but I will talk a little bit about why photography means so much to me. It means a lot to me because it represents a lot more than just a picture which a lot of people don't always see. There was a long phrase in the article, and it really made me think about why photography means so much to me. That quote went like this " Photographs don't only show us things, they do things. They engage us optically, neurologically, intellectually, emotionally, viscerally, and physically". This is something that people don't always understand. When you take a picture why should you take a picture? You should take a picture to make memories and have a good time with those pictures. That's why I love photography because it gives me the chance to take those pictures and make great memories with them which eventually brings the emotions along with the pictures. That's why it is so important to me, and it alwa...