The Photograph: What is a photograph?

The entire chapter is telling what a photograph is and where they come from. In the very first paragraph of the book, they talk about how we carry photographs with us everywhere. We use them for everything as well. Photograph means "light writing". This means that that something created by/in light. Photographs make time stand still. It is a way of remembering good or bad. The modern photograph with negatives and postitives and such was founded by a man named William Henry Fox. I like Walter Benjamin's suggestion for a photograph. A work of art based on "chemical and industrial prossess of production." I also like how the book takes apart different views of photography, they call them 'art photography' and 'documentary photography'. Photography was considered a 'fine art' in 1853 in London. A photograph is simply the creativity of the photographer. Anyone can push a button, but it takes a true artist to pust the button at the right time and capture something breathtaking.