After reading "True Lies" by Suzanne Salvo, I agree with her opinion that the photographer, or the person taking the picture has the power to change how other people will view the image. It is the photographer's vision we will see when he takes the picture. They decide on the angles, the lighting or any other feature that will make us see what they want us to see. We, the viewers, are at the mercy of he who takes the picture.
Salvo's example of of the field of tulips and a photographer's power to focus on the one dying tulip is also another great example of how the viewer is at the mercy of the photographer. Instead of seeing the entire field of healthy flowers, the photographer focuses on the only dying one.
My opinion is that everyone should be able to interpret the whole picture and not just what one person wants me to see.
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Do you think viewers should question the images they see, or accept them at face value?
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