If This is Art
Overall this section was enjoyable to read because it shows a form of art that many are not familiar with. In fact, the entire chapter can refer back to Stieglitz photo taken of Duchamp's urinal fountain. Duchamp claimed that "art could be anything the artist designated it to be" (p.22). With that being said, many of these photographs can confuse us or make us wonder what exactly is going on. However, I think that is the main point. These photographs are there to create different ideas in our head, to make us wonder, to show either a reality or illusion.
Once Upon a Time
This chapter focuses on telling a story. This type of photography is more structured. Everything makes somewhat of sense in the images and there is no absurdities. You can tell the photographers took time to compose these images and had a specific idea that they wanted to aim for. There is a sense of balance in these photos. Most photos are of everyday life such as a Chevron gas station but the fact there aren't any cars or that there aren't any people make it clean. Not to mention the Chevron gas station is at a certain angle that gives it a whole feeling (p. 72). Anyone could take these images and tell many stories from it, that is the true uniqueness of these photos.
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