Is photography important or not, why?

Kelly Graham
I think photographs are important in our lives-they provide a way to record a moment in time that can never be fully recreated. Photos let us look back on an objective (well, the photographer is subjective) view of events captured on film. Photographs keep a record of what might otherwise be forgotten or distorted in memory, as well as being art in their own right.

Joel Azose
I think photographs are important in our lives because memories are fleeting. Photographs allow us to relive moments in a way that would not be possible without some aid…


Michael
Without photography we would still survive as a species, still lead (probably) similar lives…

Tiffany Lim
…the joy of meeting an old friend would be more clearly and strongly felt in our expressions in a photograph than in a description of our expressions and actions.

Renee Takara
Photogarphs are important in our lives because they capture a precise moment in time that can never truly be revisted…Memory is faulty whereas pictures will hopefully last forever.

Isabelle Woodward
…[T]hey let us se things we might not have otherwise gotten to see.

James Gray
I think that p.g.s are important historically but only important “in our lives” via assigned meaning rather than implicitly.

Tiffany Vu
A photo of someone is almost a part of that person

Jason Hirata
Unimportant because it is a representation of reality- a dumbed down version that can be altered faked and used to lie.
Important- story telling device. Fantasy is the truest form of creation.

Kathleen
Quite plainly our society tends to be very stimulated by visual elements. People will pay a great deal to see this movie, or that picture of a celebrity…It is a way for me to reflect on my life, share my experiences at a given point in time.

Dylan Antonovich
Photographs are important (to many) because they have the ability to document a personal memory, a historic moment, a thing of beauty or an idea, then preserve, intensify or alter it completely to fulfill the photographer’s vision as an artist to…

Erik Turnquist
Important: They capture an event in history for others to see. Photos allow people to experience how another person sees the world.