The question, WHY DO WE TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS?
We visit famous places and marks like; the London Eye, Westminister's Abbey, KLCC, Masjidil Haram, Eiffel, Colosseum and etc, and we take photographs of the buildings, scenery and the people. Whether ourselves or our loved one's. I believe this question is radically challenging the logical mind. To why we take photographs, no one has a direct answer.
Some say; " I want to show everyone i was HERE! " . That would be the most reckoning reply, no?
We then moved on to the subject of events. Weddings, Birthdays and etc. Why do we have people holding the camera.? What's the importance of this cameramen and camera's being around?
Another hot topic of this session was regarding family oriented images. Some people still have images of their great grands no? Why do they still keep them? Why bother if it's taking up so much space in that cupboard. Throw them out! Burn them! Strike a pose and tear them already.
but could you? i reckon not. :)
that's what makes photography a simple form of narration in our lives. as a side note, if people have heard about ' ISLAM forbids photography', please shut it and listen. Islam forbids photography when it goes out of hands! not when you're taking the beautiful nature of Allah's world and just that. Photography is only forbidden when you try to create things which defy Allah and so call CHALLENGE HIM. now THAT's bad.
back to the topic of why and why.
now i could just sum it up as.....
" I, personally take photographs to somehow preserve and narrate how i've constructed my whole life "
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