1. A world without photographs would be almost scary. The walls of people's homes would be extremely bare. It would be much harder to capture historical events because people would not be able to paint fast enough, and there probably wouldn't be enough of them.
2. To me, the word photograph means a moment captured on paper or film. It is something that could be either recreational, or something that is seen as art.
3. My immediate reaction to the Duane Michals quote is that it doesn't seem entirely true. Photographs capture what paintings and drawings can't, and make everything, for the most part, look real. I disagree with the quote because a photograph, to me, is usually exactly what the real thing is.
4. The Lewis Hine quote seems very applicable to photography. A picture does tell a story, and by doing so people don't always need to explain further. Photographs of war or disaster are a great example of this. They show what people can't always see first-hand, and give regular civilians a chance to look at something meaningful.
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