In "Photography Changes Everything", Marvin Heiferman suggests that photography has become an integral part of society allowing individuals to capture both pivotal and insignificant moments of life. Everything from Wars to Selfies, the meaning behind a picture is in the eyes of the beholder and that many people view "what makes a good photograph" different. For instance, Heiferman says that if you ask a chef what makes a good photo, they might think that if it captures food at its finestest (and freshest) then it qualifies as an acceptable image.
Some of the most vital points that Heiferman covers in the book are six distinct categories how photography changes:
1.) What we want - photography allows us to fulfill our desires and define our needs
2.) What we see - photography shows us things that we can't usually see because it's either too fast or slow, big or small
3.) Who we are - how we represent ourselves as individuals to others
4.) What we do - allows us to follow impulses and curiosity
5.) Where we go - we can see things that we never thought was humanly possible, such as the ocean floor, space, micro-organisms
6.) What we remember - a photo acts as an archive that allows us to tap that part of our memory banks in order to recall a certain experience of our life
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