I thought Errol Morris' outlook on photography was very interesting. When he questioned, "What makes an honest or true photograph?" it caused me to think about that idea for awhile. He said that photos shouldn't be posed and the photographer should only observe and not touch, which is very different from the types of photography (like portrait and wedding) that I have been involved in so far. He also said, a photo is neither true or false, language is but not photographs. He said all photos are posed, a photographer decontextualizes everything. I thought it was wonderful how he said, "...you only see a swatch of reality that has been put into a 2D format." Towards the end of the video Errol discussed how iconic photography can be for people when he said that powerful images like ones of the raised American flag, or soldiers, can evoke so many emotions from a wide range of people. Its fascinating how one image alone can cause so many different thoughts over a wide variety of people. He says that no matter how much background information people know about a powerful image, they will make judgments because that is what people do and I think he is very correct in this statement.
