The Photograph as Contemporary Art Ch 6-8

I like how on page 167, the author mentions that modern day photographers have taken a different stance for their photographs. Photographers have altered their perspective when they photograph subject matter to accommodate how images have changed from the traditional way, specifically the subject matter (167 Cotton). The change in photographers subject matter refers to history, as seen on page 165, depicting Sophie Ristelhueber piece called "Iraq," which she describes as a "fossilized vision" (Cotton). I like how the photograph shows a glimpse of the past seen through the lens of the future, rather than looking at images taken from the past and seen today. This piece was interesting to me because my uncle was involved in the Gulf War and to me, this is something that I am familiar with because of his experience there. On page 192, the author mentions that different images trigger different reaction because of "our emotions and understanding of the world"(Cotton). This is something that I have realized is true because every image has a different meaning that varies from individual to individual. On pages 192-93 the author mentions photographer Cindy Sherman, and I thought that it was interesting that she uses herself as the subject matter for her in her work like in her pieces called untitled. Chapter 8 discusses digital photography, and one piece that caught my attention was a piece by Jessica Eaton taken from her series called "Cubes for Albers and Lewitt (Cotton 236)." This is very interesting photograph experimentation and is not something I would think would be a photograph. The photograph to me, doesn't look like a typical photograph that I would usually see, it looks almost like a painting to me, which I find unique.