There are two photos I would like to write about. Of course, I’ve should have chosen one, but I am not sure the first photo I found “pierces my heart” with those type of feeling the punctum is about.
So, there are two photos. One of them shows the church, and women in Islamic clothes coming in, and women in Christian type of outfit coming out. Also, the church (or some other kind of Cristian building) is in a construction or restoration process. At the same time, the second photo has much fewer people in it and shows the old man feeding the kitten with the small bottle.
Both of the photos are realistic. The one with man catches the moment and demonstrates the emotions, while the “religious” photo more demonstrates the situation.
It is interesting how differently both of them affects me. While looking at the more saturated photo, I feel some kind of strange thoughtful mix of nostalgia and negation. This photo is really personal for me because it has something to do with my life in Islamic countries and my birth in the Christian place. While I am being an atheist. So, in the end, this photo is really direct, special and unique, but at the same time, it causes no deep feelings. So as it said: “The studium is of the order of liking, not of loving” (Barthes, 1981), so this photo has much more studium in it for me. I guess most people would find it interesting or unusual, but not really touching.
It makes much difference comparing to the photo of an old man. The point is I know a bit about what is this photo about. But even without that information, it looks so peaceful, cute and caring, that I literally can feel some warmness in my heart. I really love those photos with pure smiles. Isn’t it what punctum should be about. I mean there are lots of similar photos. But at the same time, they are all unique, just like people are! And that is what realism is about – showing something as real as it could.
Anyway, it must be some studium sense in adding more information standing behind the photo. It is a frame from a nursing home connected with the animal shelter. What actually adds even more frankness to the smile, and makes the photo even cuter.
“…the Realist style rejected the standards of Romanticism” (Kelly, 2018). That means it is about real people, not their best and good-looking parts. And that’s what I’ve found in, maybe common, but the true photo of the man, and what I haven’t really seen in interesting but causing no deep feelings photo of two world religions.
Both of the photos are realistic. The one with man catches the moment and demonstrates the emotions, while the “religious” photo more demonstrates the situation.
It is interesting how differently both of them affects me. While looking at the more saturated photo, I feel some kind of strange thoughtful mix of nostalgia and negation. This photo is really personal for me because it has something to do with my life in Islamic countries and my birth in the Christian place. While I am being an atheist. So, in the end, this photo is really direct, special and unique, but at the same time, it causes no deep feelings. So as it said: “The studium is of the order of liking, not of loving” (Barthes, 1981), so this photo has much more studium in it for me. I guess most people would find it interesting or unusual, but not really touching.It makes much difference comparing to the photo of an old man. The point is I know a bit about what is this photo about. But even without that information, it looks so peaceful, cute and caring, that I literally can feel some warmness in my heart. I really love those photos with pure smiles. Isn’t it what punctum should be about. I mean there are lots of similar photos. But at the same time, they are all unique, just like people are! And that is what realism is about – showing something as real as it could.
Anyway, it must be some studium sense in adding more information standing behind the photo. It is a frame from a nursing home connected with the animal shelter. What actually adds even more frankness to the smile, and makes the photo even cuter.
“…the Realist style rejected the standards of Romanticism” (Kelly, 2018). That means it is about real people, not their best and good-looking parts. And that’s what I’ve found in, maybe common, but the true photo of the man, and what I haven’t really seen in interesting but causing no deep feelings photo of two world religions.
Reference list:
Barthes, R. (1981) Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography. USA: Hill & Wang.
Barthes, R. (1981) Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography. USA: Hill & Wang.
Kelly, R. (2018) Mymodernmet. Available at: https://mymodernmet.com/what-is-realism-art-definition/ (Accessed: 20 March 2019)
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