Do Photographs Depict Reality?
Published: 2013
Author(s) Name: Pooja Sharma |
Author(s) Affiliation: School of Communication Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Punjab, India.
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Abstract
Since the inception of photography, it’s relationship with
reality has never been settled. There has always been a
debate whether photographs are representations of reality
or not. This debate further intensified with the
digitalization of photography. Photography’s association
with reality stood threatened due to the use of digital
manipulation by photographers. The present article
focuses on this strained relationship between the two and
attempts to strike a middle ground in the midst of the
extreme view points surrounding photography on the
issue of its relation to reality.
Keywords: Photography, Reality, Representation
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