“If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera.” ~Lewis Hine.
Write a brief reaction to this quote. Is this quote applicable to your experience with photography? What does it mean to you? Do you agree with the idea presented or disagree? Describe situations when photographic images reveal “the story” (as compared to words). Describe situations when words reveal “the story” (as compared to images).
I completely agree with Lewis Hine. I think you can describe every detail of something and still have so much missing from it. When you see a photograph you understand it; you feel it. If you describe how beautiful a sunset is, someone can picture it in there head and have an idea of what you saw, but if you show them a photograph, they understand it. They can see the colors and the true beauty of it themselves. It's like when you read a book, and you can picture a character or scene looking a certain way, and then the book is turned into a movie and it's nothing like you pictured in your head. However, sometimes words can be more descriptive than pictures. When you see a photograph of something simple, like a young boy standing in a street, you may not truly understand what the photograph is, but if sometimes writes about it or tells you what it is, you can feel the photograph more and understand it's story. Nevertheless, I believe it is when photography and words come together that is the most powerful.
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