Blog Prompt #19-20

#19: People that are not aware and that are in a compromising position should not be photographed. For example, if they are changing, they should not be photographed. Candid pictures can sometimes be the best, but if it a situation someone would be uncomfortable having their photograph taken in, they should not be taken advantage of. It wouldn't be fair to the subject and could potentially be damaging. Ideas, thoughts, feelings, and emotions are all things that can't technically be photographed. You can, however, photograph things that represent these. For example, you can't photograph love, but if you photograph two people in love, in a way that is obvious, it is like you are photographing love. Personally, I would not want to photograph anything medical, like surgery, because it isn't something I'm interested in and I would be very uncomfortable doing so.

#20

• synthetic "place": For a synthetic place, I could take a photograph of a page in a Dr. Suess book. He creates magical worlds that do not exist, but have been created in movie sets.
• fantasy/fictitious envirnonment: For this, I would take a photograph of the area between the dirt and the top of plants, as if it was a world for things much smaller than us.
• placeless space - internet: For a placeless space, I would take a picture of multiple people engaged in their computers on the internet. While they could be physically in a cafe, they would mentally be so involved in the internet that it is like they were in a whole other world.
• public space: For a public space, I would take a picture in a public garden or park because that is a public space I personally enjoy, and there is no doubt it is public.
• private space: For a private space, I would take a picture of someone's workspace, that isn't typically shown off. An artist's workspace, for example. The art may be eventually shown, but the space they create it in is usually more private.
• in-between space - movement: For this idea, I think you could take a photograph of a moving train. The train itself is not only moving, but it is also moving people. People's destination isn't usually a train, but rather a train is getting them somewhere, hence it being an in-between space.