A lot of photographers have the same viewpoint on
the art but there are always the few outliers. I kind of agree with Susan Sontag and Shelby Lee
Adams but I prefer not to take photos of people because I enjoy capturing moments in nature. Susan and Shelby share very many opinions about their artwork and the art of photography, their viewpoints are basically
identical in comparison. They both like to catch humanity in their photographs and if you look at their work, that is all they have done. Both artists believe that they are collecting the world by taking their photos, they believe them to be artifacts, capturing moments of a time period that can be looked at in the future. Both photographers believe that
photos represent parts of the visible world and are an interpretation of
the world around us but at the same time photographers greatly influence what they capture. They agree that the audience viewing their work interprets the photographs uniquely based of their personal lives, conventions, ideology and the values
of society at the time. Shelby and Susan impose their preference by choosing
what pictures they take. They try to capture events that are important to the
subjects, like you are there experiencing it with the people and to expose a
lifestyle. They both believe that everything exists in the world today to be
photographed. Susan believes that repetition takes the affective capacities and
becomes less real which is evident in Shelby Lee Adams’ photos.
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