Photographs

What is the function of a photograph? What is its purpose? A ray of inward flowing light—a disjunct plane in an otherwise complete world. We stop events, stop time, to realize the photograph. We create memories that are based around the camera, does the camera not become the memory? Are all photographs false memories created to fuel their own worth? If the photograph serves to help us remember, should we not simply engage in more memorable events? If we need the photograph to share our experiences, should we not simply become better story-tellers? Why? Photographers remove objectivity in the communication of stories and memories. Do we make the assumption that our peers are unimaginative? Or simply value truth over art? There is an art to storytelling—perhaps our insecurity pushes us to offload the responsibility of storytelling onto images. "It'd be easier to show you... You just had to be there... You should've seen it...." Do these mark the inability to share events verbally? What have we lost?