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03/08/2013 04:03:52 AM · #1 |
my tutor has set out class a essay on photography, but we have to come up with whatever we like. i think he wants a bit of philosophical question where i could use examples of philosophers.
I really can't think of a topic.
I want to do something quite current so that i stay interested in the essay! Any suggestions? :) |
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03/08/2013 04:23:42 AM · #2 |
The most philosophical thing I can think of related to photography is probably - The ethics of Photoshop in photography.
Good luck |
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03/08/2013 04:59:31 AM · #3 |
| If you want to stay interested do an essay on nude photography, I know that would keep me interested! |
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03/08/2013 06:15:36 AM · #4 |
I had to do this recently, I chose to do mine on Mark Seliger, wo was a staff photographer for Rolling Stone, and how he deals with the subject of identity.
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03/08/2013 06:20:18 AM · #5 |
There's always the ethics of news vs sensationalism -- like the guy who photographed the person who was pushed onto the subway tracks. He claimed that there was no time to help and that he actually was using his flash to try to signal the train. Other people were horrified that he was taking pictures. Then the whole debate about whether the pictures should have been published.
(there's a whole thread discussing it) |
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03/08/2013 06:20:29 AM · #6 |
These books are all about the philosphy of photography and can give you a primer or something to think about.
Why People Photograph
Beauty in Photography
On Photography
Or here's another idea-
The Romanticized Landscape- HDR and the direction it drives us. (I just made that up, but it's something I've thought about).
Or do you mean legitimately drawing from traditional philosphers as subject matter and how it may or may not apply to photography? |
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03/08/2013 10:20:16 AM · #7 |
| Google "Plato's Cave", read up on that, and discuss the relationship of photography to our perception of "reality". That'll work very well. |
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03/08/2013 10:29:50 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Google "Plato's Cave", read up on that, and discuss the relationship of photography to our perception of "reality". That'll work very well. |
great suggestion- the Platonic Ideal- what's more real, the thought of a table or the picture of the table? |
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03/08/2013 10:54:26 AM · #9 |
| Of course, "dusty" joined JUST to pose this question, so who knows if s/he is even paying attention now? |
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03/08/2013 12:54:50 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Of course, "dusty" joined JUST to pose this question, so who knows if s/he is even paying attention now? |
doesn't matter -- it was an interesting question. :) |
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03/08/2013 02:51:02 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Of course, "dusty" joined JUST to pose this question, so who knows if s/he is even paying attention now? |
Well Dusty was on online when I posted but now it is very philosophical... If a tree in a forest falls over and there isn't a photographer to get the shot... Did it really happen? |
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