Errol Morris 'On Photography' Video Reflection
From the Errol Morris video I comtemplated some of his ideas. He believes that we as a society have forgotten that photographs are connected to a physical world. He tries to create that connection through his work. Photographs can form feelings that not only the photographer can interpret, but the viewer as well. They can exclude something or a part of a piece, but in most cases it won’t feel absent. Most photographs are posed and from this a meaning or even narrative can be created. Errol Morris tries to explain this idea and more. I really enjoyed his example of the elephant just outside the frame of a photograph. I also hope there’s elephants outside of each photo frame. He also mentions the best way to truly understand photography is to seize on the small details to comprehend the overall piece. I agree with this point deeply, because to understand a photo the viewer needs to see all the small detail that make up the larger work or even question.
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